diff --git a/include/linux/coda_linux.h b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
index 31b7531..dcc228a 100644
--- a/include/linux/coda_linux.h
+++ b/include/linux/coda_linux.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 /* operations shared over more than one file */
 int coda_open(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
 int coda_release(struct inode *i, struct file *f);
-int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd);
+int coda_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int coda_revalidate_inode(struct dentry *);
 int coda_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 int coda_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);