diff --git a/convert.h b/convert.h
index 0c2143c152..c638b33632 100644
--- a/convert.h
+++ b/convert.h
@@ -40,10 +40,9 @@ extern int convert_to_working_tree(const char *path, const char *src,
 				   size_t len, struct strbuf *dst);
 extern int renormalize_buffer(const char *path, const char *src, size_t len,
 			      struct strbuf *dst);
-static inline int would_convert_to_git(const char *path, const char *src,
-				       size_t len, enum safe_crlf checksafe)
+static inline int would_convert_to_git(const char *path)
 {
-	return convert_to_git(path, src, len, NULL, checksafe);
+	return convert_to_git(path, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 3f70b1d86a..00c07f233b 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -3144,7 +3144,7 @@ int index_fd(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, struct stat *st,
 	if (!S_ISREG(st->st_mode))
 		ret = index_pipe(sha1, fd, type, path, flags);
 	else if (size <= big_file_threshold || type != OBJ_BLOB ||
-		 (path && would_convert_to_git(path, NULL, 0, 0)))
+		 (path && would_convert_to_git(path)))
 		ret = index_core(sha1, fd, size, type, path, flags);
 	else
 		ret = index_stream(sha1, fd, size, type, path, flags);