diff --git a/lib/OpenQA/Resource/Locks.pm b/lib/OpenQA/Resource/Locks.pm
index 29c317af7468..afc0c2d75937 100644
--- a/lib/OpenQA/Resource/Locks.pm
+++ b/lib/OpenQA/Resource/Locks.pm
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sub barrier_create ($name = undef, $jobid = undef, $expected_jobs = undef) {
     return $barrier;
 }
 
-sub barrier_wait ($name = undef, $jobid = undef, $where = undef, $check_dead_job = 0) = @_;
+sub barrier_wait ($name = undef, $jobid = undef, $where = undef, $check_dead_job = 0) {
     return -1 unless $name && $jobid;
     return -1 unless my $barrier = _get_lock($name, $jobid, $where);