diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index a74ae8df4bb8..023562565d11 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -1183,9 +1183,7 @@ static void ide_init_port_data(ide_hwif_t *hwif, unsigned int index)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&hwif->lock);
 
-	init_timer(&hwif->timer);
-	hwif->timer.function = &ide_timer_expiry;
-	hwif->timer.data = (unsigned long)hwif;
+	setup_timer(&hwif->timer, &ide_timer_expiry, (unsigned long)hwif);
 
 	init_completion(&hwif->gendev_rel_comp);