diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
index 6cc47616b6d4384c027ee3b65b6fff079e5ad5f2..3836e625ba584725ecc830f9f87b1f9d551afdb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.c
@@ -1390,7 +1390,8 @@ static u32 atl1_check_link(struct atl1_adapter *adapter)
 	/* auto-neg, insert timer to re-config phy */
 	if (!adapter->phy_timer_pending) {
 		adapter->phy_timer_pending = true;
-		mod_timer(&adapter->phy_config_timer, jiffies + 3 * HZ);
+		mod_timer(&adapter->phy_config_timer,
+			  round_jiffies(jiffies + 3 * HZ));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2525,17 +2526,6 @@ static irqreturn_t atl1_intr(int irq, void *data)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-/*
- * atl1_watchdog - Timer Call-back
- * @data: pointer to netdev cast into an unsigned long
- */
-static void atl1_watchdog(unsigned long data)
-{
-	struct atl1_adapter *adapter = (struct atl1_adapter *)data;
-
-	/* Reset the timer */
-	mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 2 * HZ);
-}
 
 /*
  * atl1_phy_config - Timer Call-back
@@ -2608,7 +2598,6 @@ static s32 atl1_up(struct atl1_adapter *adapter)
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto err_up;
 
-	mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies);
 	atlx_irq_enable(adapter);
 	atl1_check_link(adapter);
 	netif_start_queue(netdev);
@@ -2626,7 +2615,6 @@ static void atl1_down(struct atl1_adapter *adapter)
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 
 	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
-	del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_config_timer);
 	adapter->phy_timer_pending = false;
 
@@ -3050,13 +3038,8 @@ static int __devinit atl1_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);
 	netif_stop_queue(netdev);
 
-	init_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
-	adapter->watchdog_timer.function = &atl1_watchdog;
-	adapter->watchdog_timer.data = (unsigned long)adapter;
-
-	init_timer(&adapter->phy_config_timer);
-	adapter->phy_config_timer.function = &atl1_phy_config;
-	adapter->phy_config_timer.data = (unsigned long)adapter;
+	setup_timer(&adapter->phy_config_timer, &atl1_phy_config,
+		    (unsigned long)adapter);
 	adapter->phy_timer_pending = false;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&adapter->tx_timeout_task, atl1_tx_timeout_task);
diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h
index 324ef5e9341299d42647c2a26791d6550f9e576b..146372fd66832843996b05216dd70d1e1d612c85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h
+++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atl1.h
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ struct atl1_adapter {
 	struct work_struct tx_timeout_task;
 	struct work_struct link_chg_task;
 	struct work_struct pcie_dma_to_rst_task;
-	struct timer_list watchdog_timer;
+
 	struct timer_list phy_config_timer;
 	bool phy_timer_pending;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c b/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c
index 8c5d009ca8219cecf831bbc5be915f205e1042b2..21ca6dd78b18f313b983df62a702caeac2ef49b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/atlx/atl2.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int atl2_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	clear_bit(__ATL2_DOWN, &adapter->flags);
 
-	mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 4*HZ);
+	mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, round_jiffies(jiffies + 4*HZ));
 
 	val = ATL2_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, REG_MASTER_CTRL);
 	ATL2_WRITE_REG(&adapter->hw, REG_MASTER_CTRL,
@@ -1051,7 +1051,8 @@ static void atl2_watchdog(unsigned long data)
 		adapter->netdev->stats.rx_over_errors += drop_rxd + drop_rxs;
 
 		/* Reset the timer */
-		mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 4 * HZ);
+		mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer,
+			  round_jiffies(jiffies + 4 * HZ));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1255,7 +1256,8 @@ static int atl2_check_link(struct atl2_adapter *adapter)
 	 * (if interval smaller than 5 seconds, something strange) */
 	if (!test_bit(__ATL2_DOWN, &adapter->flags)) {
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &adapter->cfg_phy))
-			mod_timer(&adapter->phy_config_timer, jiffies + 5 * HZ);
+			mod_timer(&adapter->phy_config_timer,
+				  round_jiffies(jiffies + 5 * HZ));
 	}
 
 	return 0;