diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
index f13ae153fb24..e2786acf8202 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ extern int elf_check_arch(const struct elf32_hdr *);
 
 #define vmcore_elf64_check_arch(x) (0)
 
-extern int arm_elf_read_implies_exec(const struct elf32_hdr *, int);
-#define elf_read_implies_exec(ex,stk) arm_elf_read_implies_exec(&(ex), stk)
+extern int arm_elf_read_implies_exec(int);
+#define elf_read_implies_exec(ex,stk) arm_elf_read_implies_exec(stk)
 
 struct task_struct;
 int dump_task_regs(struct task_struct *t, elf_gregset_t *elfregs);
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/elf.c b/arch/arm/kernel/elf.c
index d0d1e83150c9..52fb98358d9d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/elf.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/elf.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(elf_set_personality);
  *  - the binary requires an executable stack
  *  - we're running on a CPU which doesn't support NX.
  */
-int arm_elf_read_implies_exec(const struct elf32_hdr *x, int executable_stack)
+int arm_elf_read_implies_exec(int executable_stack)
 {
 	if (executable_stack != EXSTACK_DISABLE_X)
 		return 1;