diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index aaed4ab503ad16c6f4de0e3ccec5b83c3f85c6a1..ab3f223531542ea17236218ae8cf5e09be4b5f28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -3260,9 +3260,8 @@ static void brcmf_init_escan(struct brcmf_cfg80211_info *cfg)
 			    brcmf_cfg80211_escan_handler);
 	cfg->escan_info.escan_state = WL_ESCAN_STATE_IDLE;
 	/* Init scan_timeout timer */
-	init_timer(&cfg->escan_timeout);
-	cfg->escan_timeout.data = (unsigned long) cfg;
-	cfg->escan_timeout.function = brcmf_escan_timeout;
+	setup_timer(&cfg->escan_timeout, brcmf_escan_timeout,
+		    (unsigned long)cfg);
 	INIT_WORK(&cfg->escan_timeout_work,
 		  brcmf_cfg80211_escan_timeout_worker);
 }