diff --git a/src/ep.cc b/src/ep.cc
index afbc035b9..ce883a593 100644
--- a/src/ep.cc
+++ b/src/ep.cc
@@ -1322,8 +1322,7 @@ void EventuallyPersistentStore::snapshotVBuckets(const Priority &priority,
     }
 }
 
-bool EventuallyPersistentStore::persistVBState(const Priority &priority,
-                                               uint16_t vbid) {
+bool EventuallyPersistentStore::persistVBState(uint16_t vbid) {
     schedule_vbstate_persist[vbid] = false;
 
     RCPtr<VBucket> vb = getVBucket(vbid);
diff --git a/src/ep.h b/src/ep.h
index 2236a1e7e..26bca2277 100644
--- a/src/ep.h
+++ b/src/ep.h
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ class EventuallyPersistentStore {
     /**
      * Persist a vbucket's state.
      */
-    bool persistVBState(const Priority &priority, uint16_t vbid);
+    bool persistVBState(uint16_t vbid);
 
     const VBucketMap &getVBuckets() {
         return vbMap;
diff --git a/src/tasks.cc b/src/tasks.cc
index de198abfb..2c85e03cd 100644
--- a/src/tasks.cc
+++ b/src/tasks.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ bool DaemonVBSnapshotTask::run() {
 }
 
 bool VBStatePersistTask::run() {
-    return engine->getEpStore()->persistVBState(priority, vbid);
+    return engine->getEpStore()->persistVBState(vbid);
 }
 
 bool VBDeleteTask::run() {