Use setup_timer function instead of initializing timer with the function and data fields. Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c index d32e3ba..285397d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c @@ -1351,9 +1351,7 @@ static struct Scsi_Host *sym_attach(struct scsi_host_template *tpnt, int unit, /* * Start the timer daemon */ - init_timer(&np->s.timer); - np->s.timer.data = (unsigned long) np; - np->s.timer.function = sym53c8xx_timer; + setup_timer(&np->s.timer, sym53c8xx_timer, (unsigned long)np); np->s.lasttime=0; sym_timer (np); -- 2.7.4