diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
index ebc3792a95bdececbe6c69d0a7e53eea464402d0..63a540d1216e9ce25d9ae50e598b9555f4e887d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -538,9 +538,9 @@ qtnf_del_station(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void qtnf_scan_timeout(unsigned long data)
+static void qtnf_scan_timeout(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct qtnf_wmac *mac = (struct qtnf_wmac *)data;
+	struct qtnf_wmac *mac = from_timer(mac, t, scan_timeout);
 
 	pr_warn("mac%d scan timed out\n", mac->macid);
 	qtnf_scan_done(mac, true);
@@ -559,8 +559,7 @@ qtnf_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct cfg80211_scan_request *request)
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	mac->scan_timeout.data = (unsigned long)mac;
-	mac->scan_timeout.function = qtnf_scan_timeout;
+	mac->scan_timeout.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)qtnf_scan_timeout;
 	mod_timer(&mac->scan_timeout,
 		  jiffies + QTNF_SCAN_TIMEOUT_SEC * HZ);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/core.c
index 5e60180482d11c889ca3f400307cc367b6dda33c..aa7f146278a7b45f4d09c9a852efc2bb6bb3ac36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/core.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static struct qtnf_wmac *qtnf_core_mac_alloc(struct qtnf_bus *bus,
 		mac->iflist[i].vifid = i;
 		qtnf_sta_list_init(&mac->iflist[i].sta_list);
 		mutex_init(&mac->mac_lock);
-		init_timer(&mac->scan_timeout);
+		setup_timer(&mac->scan_timeout, NULL, 0);
 	}
 
 	qtnf_mac_init_primary_intf(mac);