1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
index 0a29f5a08337..42faa3d424d5 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/softdog.c
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ module_param(soft_panic, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(soft_panic,
         "Softdog action, set to 1 to panic, 0 to reboot (default=0)");
 
-static void softdog_fire(unsigned long);
-
-static struct timer_list softdog_ticktock =
-                TIMER_INITIALIZER(softdog_fire, 0, 0);
-
 static void softdog_fire(unsigned long data)
 {
         module_put(THIS_MODULE);
@@ -74,6 +69,9 @@ static void softdog_fire(unsigned long data)
         }
 }
 
+static struct timer_list softdog_ticktock =
+                TIMER_INITIALIZER(softdog_fire, 0, 0);
+
 static int softdog_ping(struct watchdog_device *w)
 {
         if (!mod_timer(&softdog_ticktock, jiffies+(w->timeout*HZ)))