diff --git a/src/ring/middleware/json.clj b/src/ring/middleware/json.clj
index e457822..195ff8e 100644
--- a/src/ring/middleware/json.clj
+++ b/src/ring/middleware/json.clj
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   JSON is malformed. See: wrap-json-params."
   [request options]
   (if-let [[valid? json] (read-json request options)]
-    (when valid? (assoc-json-params request json options))
+    (when valid? (assoc-json-params request json))
     request))
 
 (defn wrap-json-params