diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 762bfb9487dc961cf1c7d12a18a0d10dd3386b4c..44916ef4a424391199b9738a2e499440cb4ad357 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void input_start_autorepeat(struct input_dev *dev, int code)
 {
 	if (test_bit(EV_REP, dev->evbit) &&
 	    dev->rep[REP_PERIOD] && dev->rep[REP_DELAY] &&
-	    dev->timer.data) {
+	    dev->timer.function) {
 		dev->repeat_key = code;
 		mod_timer(&dev->timer,
 			  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(dev->rep[REP_DELAY]));
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ static void input_pass_event(struct input_dev *dev,
  * dev->event_lock here to avoid racing with input_event
  * which may cause keys get "stuck".
  */
-static void input_repeat_key(unsigned long data)
+static void input_repeat_key(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct input_dev *dev = (void *) data;
+	struct input_dev *dev = from_timer(dev, t, timer);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->event_lock, flags);
@@ -1784,7 +1784,7 @@ struct input_dev *input_allocate_device(void)
 		device_initialize(&dev->dev);
 		mutex_init(&dev->mutex);
 		spin_lock_init(&dev->event_lock);
-		init_timer(&dev->timer);
+		timer_setup(&dev->timer, NULL, 0);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->h_list);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->node);
 
@@ -2047,8 +2047,7 @@ static void devm_input_device_unregister(struct device *dev, void *res)
  */
 void input_enable_softrepeat(struct input_dev *dev, int delay, int period)
 {
-	dev->timer.data = (unsigned long) dev;
-	dev->timer.function = input_repeat_key;
+	dev->timer.function = (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)input_repeat_key;
 	dev->rep[REP_DELAY] = delay;
 	dev->rep[REP_PERIOD] = period;
 }