diff --git a/iptables/nft.c b/iptables/nft.c
index 5034114..87db9be 100644
--- a/iptables/nft.c
+++ b/iptables/nft.c
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@
 }
 
 struct nft_chain *
-nft_chain_list_find(struct nft_handle *h, struct nft_chain_list *list,
+nft_chain_list_find(struct nft_chain_list *list,
 		    const char *table, const char *chain)
 {
 	struct nft_chain_list_iter *iter;
@@ -1475,7 +1475,7 @@
 	if (list == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	return nft_chain_list_find(h, list, table, chain);
+	return nft_chain_list_find(list, table, chain);
 }
 
 int nft_chain_user_rename(struct nft_handle *h,const char *chain,
diff --git a/iptables/nft.h b/iptables/nft.h
index 082260e..a647671 100644
--- a/iptables/nft.h
+++ b/iptables/nft.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 int nft_chain_add(struct nft_handle *h, const struct nft_chain *c);
 int nft_chain_set(struct nft_handle *h, const char *table, const char *chain, const char *policy, const struct xt_counters *counters);
 struct nft_chain_list *nft_chain_dump(struct nft_handle *h);
-struct nft_chain *nft_chain_list_find(struct nft_handle *h, struct nft_chain_list *list, const char *table, const char *chain);
+struct nft_chain *nft_chain_list_find(struct nft_chain_list *list, const char *table, const char *chain);
 int nft_chain_save(struct nft_handle *h, struct nft_chain_list *list, const char *table);
 int nft_chain_user_add(struct nft_handle *h, const char *chain, const char *table);
 int nft_chain_user_del(struct nft_handle *h, const char *chain, const char *table);
diff --git a/iptables/xtables-restore.c b/iptables/xtables-restore.c
index e66f10c..8469ba1 100644
--- a/iptables/xtables-restore.c
+++ b/iptables/xtables-restore.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 				exit(1);
 			}
 
-			chain_obj = nft_chain_list_find(&h, chain_list,
+			chain_obj = nft_chain_list_find(chain_list,
 							curtable, chain);
 			/* This chain has been found, delete from list. Later
 			 * on, unvisited chains will be purged out.