diff --git a/block/qcow2-cache.c b/block/qcow2-cache.c
index 3749d55595..5ff2cbf5c5 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cache.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cache.c
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ static inline const char *qcow2_cache_get_name(BDRVQcow2State *s, Qcow2Cache *c)
     }
 }
 
-static void qcow2_cache_table_release(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c,
-                                      int i, int num_tables)
+static void qcow2_cache_table_release(Qcow2Cache *c, int i, int num_tables)
 {
 /* Using MADV_DONTNEED to discard memory is a Linux-specific feature */
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ void qcow2_cache_clean_unused(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c)
         }
 
         if (to_clean > 0) {
-            qcow2_cache_table_release(bs, c, i - to_clean, to_clean);
+            qcow2_cache_table_release(c, i - to_clean, to_clean);
         }
     }
 
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ int qcow2_cache_empty(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c)
         c->entries[i].lru_counter = 0;
     }
 
-    qcow2_cache_table_release(bs, c, 0, c->size);
+    qcow2_cache_table_release(c, 0, c->size);
 
     c->lru_counter = 0;
 
@@ -453,5 +452,5 @@ void qcow2_cache_discard(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void *table)
     c->entries[i].lru_counter = 0;
     c->entries[i].dirty = false;
 
-    qcow2_cache_table_release(bs, c, i, 1);
+    qcow2_cache_table_release(c, i, 1);
 }