diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 98f787143db4..392e8fb94db3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ void init_dl_task_timer(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
 }
 
 static
-int dl_runtime_exceeded(struct rq *rq, struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
+int dl_runtime_exceeded(struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se)
 {
 	return (dl_se->runtime <= 0);
 }
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ static void update_curr_dl(struct rq *rq)
 	sched_rt_avg_update(rq, delta_exec);
 
 	dl_se->runtime -= dl_se->dl_yielded ? 0 : delta_exec;
-	if (dl_runtime_exceeded(rq, dl_se)) {
+	if (dl_runtime_exceeded(dl_se)) {
 		dl_se->dl_throttled = 1;
 		__dequeue_task_dl(rq, curr, 0);
 		if (unlikely(!start_dl_timer(dl_se, curr->dl.dl_boosted)))