diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/s2255/s2255drv.c b/drivers/media/usb/s2255/s2255drv.c
index b2f239c4ba4267656d760138e485d0ddf42f71d1..7fee5766587a7c9660679882e4ca2060a6ee6700 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/s2255/s2255drv.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/s2255/s2255drv.c
@@ -485,9 +485,10 @@ static void s2255_reset_dsppower(struct s2255_dev *dev)
 
 /* kickstarts the firmware loading. from probe
  */
-static void s2255_timer(unsigned long user_data)
+static void s2255_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct s2255_fw *data = (struct s2255_fw *)user_data;
+	struct s2255_dev *dev = from_timer(dev, t, timer);
+	struct s2255_fw *data = dev->fw_data;
 	if (usb_submit_urb(data->fw_urb, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0) {
 		pr_err("s2255: can't submit urb\n");
 		atomic_set(&data->fw_state, S2255_FW_FAILED);
@@ -2283,7 +2284,7 @@ static int s2255_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 		dev_err(&interface->dev, "Could not find bulk-in endpoint\n");
 		goto errorEP;
 	}
-	setup_timer(&dev->timer, s2255_timer, (unsigned long)dev->fw_data);
+	timer_setup(&dev->timer, s2255_timer, 0);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dev->fw_data->wait_fw);
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CHANNELS; i++) {
 		struct s2255_vc *vc = &dev->vc[i];