diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/time.c b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
index 0b034ebbda2a1c2dd0125a6d4c2135dd886eb440..7f69d17de3540ca8491270408946a00654493cd2 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static struct clocksource timer_clocksource = {
 	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 };
 
-static void __init timer_setup(void)
+static void __init um_timer_setup(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -132,5 +132,5 @@ void read_persistent_clock(struct timespec *ts)
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
 	timer_set_signal_handler();
-	late_time_init = timer_setup;
+	late_time_init = um_timer_setup;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index e6789b8757d5021439c332751e52726bde83bec1..6383c528b1484fed5731b3074e1d1accf414ff31 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -168,6 +168,20 @@ static inline void init_timer_on_stack_key(struct timer_list *timer,
 #define setup_pinned_deferrable_timer_on_stack(timer, fn, data)		\
 	__setup_timer_on_stack((timer), (fn), (data), TIMER_DEFERRABLE | TIMER_PINNED)
 
+#define TIMER_DATA_TYPE		unsigned long
+#define TIMER_FUNC_TYPE		void (*)(TIMER_DATA_TYPE)
+
+static inline void timer_setup(struct timer_list *timer,
+			       void (*callback)(struct timer_list *),
+			       unsigned int flags)
+{
+	__setup_timer(timer, (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)callback,
+		      (TIMER_DATA_TYPE)timer, flags);
+}
+
+#define from_timer(var, callback_timer, timer_fieldname) \
+	container_of(callback_timer, typeof(*var), timer_fieldname)
+
 /**
  * timer_pending - is a timer pending?
  * @timer: the timer in question