diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/common-spar/include/channels/iochannel.h b/drivers/staging/unisys/common-spar/include/channels/iochannel.h
index 51373a182e0d..1fb7174fc597 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/common-spar/include/channels/iochannel.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/common-spar/include/channels/iochannel.h
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
 				   ULTRA_VHBA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID, \
 				   ULTRA_VHBA_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
 
-#define SPAR_VNIC_CHANNEL_OK_CLIENT(pChannel, logCtx)			\
-	(spar_check_channel_client(pChannel, spar_vnic_channel_protocol_uuid, \
+#define SPAR_VNIC_CHANNEL_OK_CLIENT(ch)			\
+	(spar_check_channel_client(ch, spar_vnic_channel_protocol_uuid, \
 				   "vnic", MIN_IO_CHANNEL_SIZE,	\
 				   ULTRA_VNIC_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_VERSIONID, \
 				   ULTRA_VNIC_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_SIGNATURE))
diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uislib.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uislib.c
index 72c8479fe49c..14948a082934 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uislib.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/uislib/uislib.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ create_device(struct controlvm_message *msg, char *buf)
 								  chanptr))->
 							    chtype);
 					if (!SPAR_VNIC_CHANNEL_OK_CLIENT
-					    (dev->chanptr, NULL)) {
+					    (dev->chanptr)) {
 						LOGERR("CONTROLVM_DEVICE_CREATE Failed: VNIC[CLIENT] dev %d chan invalid.",
 						     devNo);
 						POSTCODE_LINUX_4