diff --git a/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/sink/SinkFactory.java b/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/sink/SinkFactory.java
index ec284717d6..75153fbee8 100644
--- a/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/sink/SinkFactory.java
+++ b/maven-reporting/maven-reporting-api/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/reporting/sink/SinkFactory.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class SinkFactory
             descriptor = new StringInputStream( "" );
         }
 
-        return siteRenderer.createSink( new File( siteDirectory ), siteDirectory, outputFileName, outputDirectory,
+        return siteRenderer.createSink( new File( siteDirectory ), outputFileName, outputDirectory,
                                         descriptor, flavour );
     }
 }