diff --git a/accounts/abi/abi.go b/accounts/abi/abi.go
index 64d9ef7908..2a06d474b8 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abi.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abi.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (abi ABI) Pack(name string, args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 		}
 		method = m
 	}
-	arguments, err := method.pack(method, args...)
+	arguments, err := method.pack(args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/method.go b/accounts/abi/method.go
index d56f3bc3dd..62b3d29575 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/method.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/method.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type Method struct {
 	Outputs []Argument
 }
 
-func (m Method) pack(method Method, args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+func (method Method) pack(args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Make sure arguments match up and pack them
 	if len(args) != len(method.Inputs) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("argument count mismatch: %d for %d", len(args), len(method.Inputs))