diff --git a/gunicorn/sock.py b/gunicorn/sock.py
index b82b87d3..41e872c8 100644
--- a/gunicorn/sock.py
+++ b/gunicorn/sock.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class BaseSocket(object):
 
         self.sock = self.set_options(sock, bound=bound)
 
-    def __str__(self, name):
+    def __str__(self):
         return "<socket %d>" % self.sock.fileno()
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):