diff --git a/drivers/atm/horizon.c b/drivers/atm/horizon.c
index 527bbd595e3796debc2c0e2d60ea0a8e3f504df3..5fc81e240c242a12fe972b7054c5d5162cdd4881 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/horizon.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/horizon.c
@@ -2795,9 +2795,7 @@ static int hrz_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 	dev->atm_dev->ci_range.vpi_bits = vpi_bits;
 	dev->atm_dev->ci_range.vci_bits = 10-vpi_bits;
 
-	init_timer(&dev->housekeeping);
-	dev->housekeeping.function = do_housekeeping;
-	dev->housekeeping.data = (unsigned long) dev;
+	setup_timer(&dev->housekeeping, do_housekeeping, (unsigned long) dev);
 	mod_timer(&dev->housekeeping, jiffies);
 
 out: