diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9b163f1..ac60048 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 - reduce umount EBUSY check delay.
 - cleanup cache_delete() a little.
 - rename path to m_offset in update_offset_entry().
+- don't pass root to do_mount_autofs_offset().
 
 xx/xx/2018 autofs-5.1.5
 - fix flag file permission.
diff --git a/lib/mounts.c b/lib/mounts.c
index 2c66441..f5539a8 100644
--- a/lib/mounts.c
+++ b/lib/mounts.c
@@ -2447,13 +2447,12 @@ out:
 	return rv;
 }
 
-static int do_mount_autofs_offset(struct autofs_point *ap,
-				  struct mapent *oe, const char *root)
+static int do_mount_autofs_offset(struct autofs_point *ap, struct mapent *oe)
 {
 	int mounted = 0;
 	int ret;
 
-	debug(ap->logopt, "mount offset %s at %s", oe->key, root);
+	debug(ap->logopt, "mount offset %s", oe->key);
 
 	ret = mount_autofs_offset(ap, oe);
 	if (ret >= MOUNT_OFFSET_OK)
@@ -2645,7 +2644,7 @@ static int do_umount_offset(struct autofs_point *ap,
 		 */
 		ret = rmdir_path_offset(ap, oe);
 		if (ret == -1 && !stat(oe->key, &st)) {
-			ret = do_mount_autofs_offset(ap, oe, root);
+			ret = do_mount_autofs_offset(ap, oe);
 			if (ret)
 				left++;
 			/* But we did origianlly create this */
@@ -2691,7 +2690,7 @@ int mount_multi_triggers(struct autofs_point *ap, struct mapent *me,
 			goto cont;
 		}
 
-		mounted += do_mount_autofs_offset(ap, oe, root);
+		mounted += do_mount_autofs_offset(ap, oe);
 
 		/*
 		 * If re-constructing a multi-mount it's necessary to walk