1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index 33e1f66e39cb..2f572b97c16d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -1107,9 +1107,8 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev, const struct tpm_vend
 
         INIT_WORK(&chip->work, timeout_work);
 
-        init_timer(&chip->user_read_timer);
-        chip->user_read_timer.function = user_reader_timeout;
-        chip->user_read_timer.data = (unsigned long) chip;
+        setup_timer(&chip->user_read_timer, user_reader_timeout,
+                        (unsigned long)chip);
 
         memcpy(&chip->vendor, entry, sizeof(struct tpm_vendor_specific));