diff --git a/drivers/atm/idt77105.c b/drivers/atm/idt77105.c
index 909c95bd7be260ec970dc42f1299113333793b4e..feb023d7eebd60615fe762a73e2dc703293a6306 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/idt77105.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/idt77105.c
@@ -306,14 +306,12 @@ static int idt77105_start(struct atm_dev *dev)
 	if (start_timer) {
 		start_timer = 0;
                 
-		init_timer(&stats_timer);
+		setup_timer(&stats_timer, idt77105_stats_timer_func, 0UL);
 		stats_timer.expires = jiffies+IDT77105_STATS_TIMER_PERIOD;
-		stats_timer.function = idt77105_stats_timer_func;
 		add_timer(&stats_timer);
                 
-		init_timer(&restart_timer);
+		setup_timer(&restart_timer, idt77105_restart_timer_func, 0UL);
 		restart_timer.expires = jiffies+IDT77105_RESTART_TIMER_PERIOD;
-		restart_timer.function = idt77105_restart_timer_func;
 		add_timer(&restart_timer);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idt77105_priv_lock, flags);