diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
index 7652ce2ec1dcfce9c0d73ec5c95a031d3db6e513..59280ac319374c11103a30ec6123a8f3192a1577 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
@@ -865,9 +865,8 @@ static int c8sectpfe_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* Setup timer interrupt */
-	init_timer(&fei->timer);
-	fei->timer.function = c8sectpfe_timer_interrupt;
-	fei->timer.data = (unsigned long)fei;
+	setup_timer(&fei->timer, c8sectpfe_timer_interrupt,
+		    (unsigned long)fei);
 
 	mutex_init(&fei->lock);