diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
index ef76725454d250126b18d98998deca4b2fb7212d..95fb61156e114235010e81141c6dcbf630e2087d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -2860,12 +2860,12 @@ static int vxge_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		vdev->config.rx_pause_enable);
 
 	if (vdev->vp_reset_timer.function == NULL)
-		vxge_os_timer(vdev->vp_reset_timer,
-			vxge_poll_vp_reset, vdev, (HZ/2));
+		vxge_os_timer(&vdev->vp_reset_timer, vxge_poll_vp_reset, vdev,
+			      HZ / 2);
 
 	/* There is no need to check for RxD leak and RxD lookup on Titan1A */
 	if (vdev->titan1 && vdev->vp_lockup_timer.function == NULL)
-		vxge_os_timer(vdev->vp_lockup_timer, vxge_poll_vp_lockup, vdev,
+		vxge_os_timer(&vdev->vp_lockup_timer, vxge_poll_vp_lockup, vdev,
 			      HZ / 2);
 
 	set_bit(__VXGE_STATE_CARD_UP, &vdev->state);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.h
index 372406cea25d0f7b13c9d24e6ed319e7b78492a5..35f3e7552ec294293115fdcf0be415fa9b2b04d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.h
@@ -416,12 +416,15 @@ struct vxge_tx_priv {
 	static int p = val; \
 	module_param(p, int, 0)
 
-#define vxge_os_timer(timer, handle, arg, exp) do { \
-		init_timer(&timer); \
-		timer.function = handle; \
-		timer.data = (unsigned long) arg; \
-		mod_timer(&timer, (jiffies + exp)); \
-	} while (0)
+static inline
+void vxge_os_timer(struct timer_list *timer, void (*func)(unsigned long data),
+		   struct vxgedev *vdev, unsigned long timeout)
+{
+	init_timer(timer);
+	timer->function = func;
+	timer->data = (unsigned long)vdev;
+	mod_timer(timer, jiffies + timeout);
+}
 
 void vxge_initialize_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *ndev);
 enum vxge_hw_status vxge_reset_all_vpaths(struct vxgedev *vdev);