diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 6510e5cc1817cf560c1e4cd6fe5791f8f4b48bc5..80348b6a864668d0b7535906084bf64f967a1448 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1509,9 +1509,9 @@ static int rx_alloc_submit(struct usbnet *dev, gfp_t flags)
 
 // tasklet (work deferred from completions, in_irq) or timer
 
-static void usbnet_bh (unsigned long param)
+static void usbnet_bh (struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct usbnet		*dev = (struct usbnet *) param;
+	struct usbnet		*dev = from_timer(dev, t, delay);
 	struct sk_buff		*skb;
 	struct skb_data		*entry;
 
@@ -1694,13 +1694,11 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
 	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->txq);
 	skb_queue_head_init (&dev->done);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&dev->rxq_pause);
-	dev->bh.func = usbnet_bh;
-	dev->bh.data = (unsigned long) dev;
+	dev->bh.func = (void (*)(unsigned long))usbnet_bh;
+	dev->bh.data = (unsigned long)&dev->delay;
 	INIT_WORK (&dev->kevent, usbnet_deferred_kevent);
 	init_usb_anchor(&dev->deferred);
-	dev->delay.function = usbnet_bh;
-	dev->delay.data = (unsigned long) dev;
-	init_timer (&dev->delay);
+	timer_setup(&dev->delay, usbnet_bh, 0);
 	mutex_init (&dev->phy_mutex);
 	mutex_init(&dev->interrupt_mutex);
 	dev->interrupt_count = 0;