diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 74c5f53595fbd1d236026f0d78b3071982f89075..95b388cae0abf5a9eeebf039d390f2e5f48b049a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3915,9 +3915,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	get_random_bytes(&sbi->s_next_generation, sizeof(u32));
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 
-	init_timer(&sbi->s_err_report);
-	sbi->s_err_report.function = print_daily_error_info;
-	sbi->s_err_report.data = (unsigned long) sb;
+	setup_timer(&sbi->s_err_report, print_daily_error_info,
+		(unsigned long) sb);
 
 	/* Register extent status tree shrinker */
 	if (ext4_es_register_shrinker(sbi))