diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 650aa77..0df6de5 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@
 	    root->cno != NILFS_CPTREE_CURRENT_CNO)
 		return -EROFS; /* snapshot is not writable */
 
-	return generic_permission(inode, mask, flags);
+	return generic_permission(inode, mask);
 }
 
 int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh)