1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
index b34975dca5df..0d8d5c0ab336 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
@@ -5532,7 +5532,7 @@ static int __devinit nv_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev, const struct pci_device_i
         init_timer(&np->nic_poll);
         np->nic_poll.data = (unsigned long) dev;
         np->nic_poll.function = nv_do_nic_poll; /* timer handler */
-        init_timer(&np->stats_poll);
+        init_timer_deferrable(&np->stats_poll);
         np->stats_poll.data = (unsigned long) dev;
         np->stats_poll.function = nv_do_stats_poll;     /* timer handler */