diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 8945f4e489ed70a03cb272f57064a69330409a60..b44ed35ac38d1cba7f58c8be3e10f4ad5f757087 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct fw_cache_entry {
 };
 
 struct firmware_priv {
-	struct timer_list timeout;
+	struct delayed_work timeout_work;
 	bool nowait;
 	struct device dev;
 	struct firmware_buf *buf;
@@ -667,11 +667,18 @@ static struct bin_attribute firmware_attr_data = {
 	.write = firmware_data_write,
 };
 
-static void firmware_class_timeout(u_long data)
+static void firmware_class_timeout_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = (struct firmware_priv *) data;
+	struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = container_of(work,
+			struct firmware_priv, timeout_work.work);
 
+	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
+	if (test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &(fw_priv->buf->status))) {
+		mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
+		return;
+	}
 	fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
+	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 }
 
 static struct firmware_priv *
@@ -690,8 +697,8 @@ fw_create_instance(struct firmware *firmware, const char *fw_name,
 
 	fw_priv->nowait = nowait;
 	fw_priv->fw = firmware;
-	setup_timer(&fw_priv->timeout,
-		    firmware_class_timeout, (u_long) fw_priv);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&fw_priv->timeout_work,
+		firmware_class_timeout_work);
 
 	f_dev = &fw_priv->dev;
 
@@ -858,7 +865,9 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, bool uevent,
 		dev_dbg(f_dev->parent, "firmware: direct-loading"
 			" firmware %s\n", buf->fw_id);
 
+		mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 		set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status);
+		mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 		complete_all(&buf->completion);
 		direct_load = 1;
 		goto handle_fw;
@@ -894,15 +903,14 @@ static int _request_firmware_load(struct firmware_priv *fw_priv, bool uevent,
 		dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
 		dev_dbg(f_dev, "firmware: requesting %s\n", buf->fw_id);
 		if (timeout != MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
-			mod_timer(&fw_priv->timeout,
-				  round_jiffies_up(jiffies + timeout));
+			schedule_delayed_work(&fw_priv->timeout_work, timeout);
 
 		kobject_uevent(&fw_priv->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	}
 
 	wait_for_completion(&buf->completion);
 
-	del_timer_sync(&fw_priv->timeout);
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&fw_priv->timeout_work);
 
 handle_fw:
 	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);