diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c
index c8ac18f..798526d 100644
--- a/crypto/api.c
+++ b/crypto/api.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	tfmsize = frontend->tfmsize;
-	total = tfmsize + sizeof(*tfm) + frontend->extsize(alg, frontend);
+	total = tfmsize + sizeof(*tfm) + frontend->extsize(alg);
 
 	mem = kzalloc(total, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (mem == NULL)
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
 	tfm = (struct crypto_tfm *)(mem + tfmsize);
 	tfm->__crt_alg = alg;
 
-	err = frontend->init_tfm(tfm, frontend);
+	err = frontend->init_tfm(tfm);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free_tfm;
 
diff --git a/crypto/pcompress.c b/crypto/pcompress.c
index bcadc03..f7c4a7d 100644
--- a/crypto/pcompress.c
+++ b/crypto/pcompress.c
@@ -36,14 +36,12 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned int crypto_pcomp_extsize(struct crypto_alg *alg,
-					 const struct crypto_type *frontend)
+static unsigned int crypto_pcomp_extsize(struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	return alg->cra_ctxsize;
 }
 
-static int crypto_pcomp_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm,
-				 const struct crypto_type *frontend)
+static int crypto_pcomp_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/crypto/shash.c b/crypto/shash.c
index 3b1b06b..7063e14 100644
--- a/crypto/shash.c
+++ b/crypto/shash.c
@@ -448,8 +448,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int crypto_shash_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm,
-				 const struct crypto_type *frontend)
+static int crypto_shash_init_tfm(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
 {
 	struct crypto_shash *hash = __crypto_shash_cast(tfm);
 
@@ -457,8 +456,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned int crypto_shash_extsize(struct crypto_alg *alg,
-					 const struct crypto_type *frontend)
+static unsigned int crypto_shash_extsize(struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	return alg->cra_ctxsize;
 }
diff --git a/include/crypto/algapi.h b/include/crypto/algapi.h
index 1d15a92..7635fde 100644
--- a/include/crypto/algapi.h
+++ b/include/crypto/algapi.h
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@
 
 struct crypto_type {
 	unsigned int (*ctxsize)(struct crypto_alg *alg, u32 type, u32 mask);
-	unsigned int (*extsize)(struct crypto_alg *alg,
-				const struct crypto_type *frontend);
+	unsigned int (*extsize)(struct crypto_alg *alg);
 	int (*init)(struct crypto_tfm *tfm, u32 type, u32 mask);
-	int (*init_tfm)(struct crypto_tfm *tfm,
-		        const struct crypto_type *frontend);
+	int (*init_tfm)(struct crypto_tfm *tfm);
 	void (*show)(struct seq_file *m, struct crypto_alg *alg);
 	struct crypto_alg *(*lookup)(const char *name, u32 type, u32 mask);