1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c b/drivers/char/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
index 7dcd80aa737..3c88fe18f4f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/w83877f_wdt.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout, "Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default=" __MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");
 
 static void wdt_timer_ping(unsigned long);
-static struct timer_list timer;
+static DEFINE_TIMER(timer, wdt_timer_ping, 0, 0);
 static unsigned long next_heartbeat;
 static unsigned long wdt_is_open;
 static char wdt_expect_close;
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ static void wdt_timer_ping(unsigned long data)
                 inb_p(WDT_PING);
 
                 /* Re-set the timer interval */
-                timer.expires = jiffies + WDT_INTERVAL;
-                add_timer(&timer);
+                mod_timer(&timer, jiffies + WDT_INTERVAL);
 
                 spin_unlock(&wdt_spinlock);
 
@@ -155,8 +154,7 @@ static void wdt_startup(void)
         next_heartbeat = jiffies + (timeout * HZ);
 
         /* Start the timer */
-        timer.expires = jiffies + WDT_INTERVAL;
-        add_timer(&timer);
+        mod_timer(&timer, jiffies + WDT_INTERVAL);
 
         wdt_change(WDT_ENABLE);
 
@@ -377,10 +375,6 @@ static int __init w83877f_wdt_init(void)
                 goto err_out_region1;
         }
 
-        init_timer(&timer);
-        timer.function = wdt_timer_ping;
-        timer.data = 0;
-
         rc = misc_register(&wdt_miscdev);
         if (rc)
         {