1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 6d6fb74f3b52..2fea3f4402a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ DEFINE_RWLOCK(addrconf_lock);
 
 static void addrconf_verify(unsigned long);
 
-static struct timer_list addr_chk_timer =
-                        TIMER_INITIALIZER(addrconf_verify, 0, 0);
+static DEFINE_TIMER(addr_chk_timer, addrconf_verify, 0, 0);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(addrconf_verify_lock);
 
 static void addrconf_join_anycast(struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp);