1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/n_r3964.c b/drivers/char/n_r3964.c
index fab1b7d42858..65f2d3a96b85 100644
--- a/drivers/char/n_r3964.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_r3964.c
@@ -1005,9 +1005,7 @@ static int r3964_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
         tty->disc_data = pInfo;
         tty->receive_room = 65536;
 
-        init_timer(&pInfo->tmr);
-        pInfo->tmr.data = (unsigned long)pInfo;
-        pInfo->tmr.function = on_timeout;
+        setup_timer(&pInfo->tmr, on_timeout, (unsigned long)pInfo);
 
         return 0;
 }