diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ee0d628..464c22b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4865,8 +4865,7 @@
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
 
-static struct netdev_adjacent *__netdev_find_adj(struct net_device *dev,
-						 struct net_device *adj_dev,
+static struct netdev_adjacent *__netdev_find_adj(struct net_device *adj_dev,
 						 struct list_head *adj_list)
 {
 	struct netdev_adjacent *adj;
@@ -4892,7 +4891,7 @@
 {
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	return __netdev_find_adj(dev, upper_dev, &dev->all_adj_list.upper);
+	return __netdev_find_adj(upper_dev, &dev->all_adj_list.upper);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_has_upper_dev);
 
@@ -5154,7 +5153,7 @@
 	struct netdev_adjacent *adj;
 	int ret;
 
-	adj = __netdev_find_adj(dev, adj_dev, dev_list);
+	adj = __netdev_find_adj(adj_dev, dev_list);
 
 	if (adj) {
 		adj->ref_nr++;
@@ -5210,7 +5209,7 @@
 {
 	struct netdev_adjacent *adj;
 
-	adj = __netdev_find_adj(dev, adj_dev, dev_list);
+	adj = __netdev_find_adj(adj_dev, dev_list);
 
 	if (!adj) {
 		pr_err("tried to remove device %s from %s\n",
@@ -5331,10 +5330,10 @@
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	/* To prevent loops, check if dev is not upper device to upper_dev. */
-	if (__netdev_find_adj(upper_dev, dev, &upper_dev->all_adj_list.upper))
+	if (__netdev_find_adj(dev, &upper_dev->all_adj_list.upper))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	if (__netdev_find_adj(dev, upper_dev, &dev->adj_list.upper))
+	if (__netdev_find_adj(upper_dev, &dev->adj_list.upper))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
 	if (master && netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev))
@@ -5612,7 +5611,7 @@
 
 	if (!lower_dev)
 		return NULL;
-	lower = __netdev_find_adj(dev, lower_dev, &dev->adj_list.lower);
+	lower = __netdev_find_adj(lower_dev, &dev->adj_list.lower);
 	if (!lower)
 		return NULL;