diff --git a/drivers/net/eql.c b/drivers/net/eql.c
index a59cf961a436be4fc151b62160f2ad3d17429491..f219d38acf580075f4a9c6b93b54bfdcddbd0865 100644
--- a/drivers/net/eql.c
+++ b/drivers/net/eql.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 #include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_arp.h>
 #include <linux/if_eql.h>
+#include <linux/pkt_sched.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ static void eql_timer(unsigned long param)
 	equalizer_t *eql = (equalizer_t *) param;
 	struct list_head *this, *tmp, *head;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&eql->queue.lock);
+	spin_lock(&eql->queue.lock);
 	head = &eql->queue.all_slaves;
 	list_for_each_safe(this, tmp, head) {
 		slave_t *slave = list_entry(this, slave_t, list);
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ static void eql_timer(unsigned long param)
 		}
 
 	}
-	spin_unlock_bh(&eql->queue.lock);
+	spin_unlock(&eql->queue.lock);
 
 	eql->timer.expires = jiffies + EQL_DEFAULT_RESCHED_IVAL;
 	add_timer(&eql->timer);
@@ -341,7 +342,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t eql_slave_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		struct net_device *slave_dev = slave->dev;
 
 		skb->dev = slave_dev;
-		skb->priority = 1;
+		skb->priority = TC_PRIO_FILLER;
 		slave->bytes_queued += skb->len;
 		dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 		dev->stats.tx_packets++;
diff --git a/include/linux/if_eql.h b/include/linux/if_eql.h
index 79c4f268410d2223ee31986cfae0dda8c0442fb4..18a5d02a864410df6b6eba5f8f6a67650150cacc 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_eql.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_eql.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define EQL_DEFAULT_SLAVE_PRIORITY 28800
 #define EQL_DEFAULT_MAX_SLAVES     4
 #define EQL_DEFAULT_MTU            576
-#define EQL_DEFAULT_RESCHED_IVAL   100
+#define EQL_DEFAULT_RESCHED_IVAL   HZ
 
 #define EQL_ENSLAVE     (SIOCDEVPRIVATE)
 #define EQL_EMANCIPATE  (SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 1)