diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das16.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das16.c
index be6277ae4abc..f66db97b9d4f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das16.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/das16.c
@@ -935,9 +935,8 @@ static void das16_alloc_dma(struct comedi_device *dev, unsigned int dma_chan)
 	devpriv->dma = comedi_isadma_alloc(dev, 2, dma_chan, dma_chan,
 					   DAS16_DMA_SIZE, COMEDI_ISADMA_READ);
 	if (devpriv->dma) {
-		init_timer(&devpriv->timer);
-		devpriv->timer.function = das16_timer_interrupt;
-		devpriv->timer.data = (unsigned long)dev;
+		setup_timer(&devpriv->timer, das16_timer_interrupt,
+			    (unsigned long)dev);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/jr3_pci.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/jr3_pci.c
index 81fab2dfafa4..282c37f759d8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/jr3_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/jr3_pci.c
@@ -706,8 +706,6 @@ static int jr3_pci_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 	if (!devpriv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	init_timer(&devpriv->timer);
-
 	ret = comedi_pci_enable(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -775,8 +773,7 @@ static int jr3_pci_auto_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 		spriv->next_time_max = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(2000);
 	}
 
-	devpriv->timer.data = (unsigned long)dev;
-	devpriv->timer.function = jr3_pci_poll_dev;
+	setup_timer(&devpriv->timer, jr3_pci_poll_dev, (unsigned long)dev);
 	devpriv->timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
 	add_timer(&devpriv->timer);