/* kickstarts the firmware loading. from probe
  */
-static void s2255_timer(unsigned long user_data)
+static void s2255_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-       struct s2255_fw *data = (struct s2255_fw *)user_data;
+       struct s2255_dev *dev = from_timer(dev, t, timer);
+       struct s2255_fw *data = dev->fw_data;
        if (usb_submit_urb(data->fw_urb, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0) {
                pr_err("s2255: can't submit urb\n");
                atomic_set(&data->fw_state, S2255_FW_FAILED);
                dev_err(&interface->dev, "Could not find bulk-in endpoint\n");
                goto errorEP;
        }
-       setup_timer(&dev->timer, s2255_timer, (unsigned long)dev->fw_data);
+       timer_setup(&dev->timer, s2255_timer, 0);
        init_waitqueue_head(&dev->fw_data->wait_fw);
        for (i = 0; i < MAX_CHANNELS; i++) {
                struct s2255_vc *vc = &dev->vc[i];