Use setup_timer function instead of initializing timer with the function and data fields. Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.lkml@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c index 613caca..5adce0e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c @@ -4144,10 +4144,8 @@ struct brcmf_sdio *brcmf_sdio_probe(struct brcmf_sdio_dev *sdiodev) init_waitqueue_head(&bus->dcmd_resp_wait); /* Set up the watchdog timer */ - init_timer(&bus->timer); - bus->timer.data = (unsigned long)bus; - bus->timer.function = brcmf_sdio_watchdog; - + setup_timer(&bus->timer, brcmf_sdio_watchdog, + (unsigned long)bus); /* Initialize watchdog thread */ init_completion(&bus->watchdog_wait); bus->watchdog_tsk = kthread_run(brcmf_sdio_watchdog_thread, -- 2.7.4