diff --git a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
index c5a45c57b8b8..36189a3337b1 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ioat/dma.c
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ static void __cleanup(struct ioatdma_chan *ioat_chan, dma_addr_t phys_complete)
 	if (active - i == 0) {
 		dev_dbg(to_dev(ioat_chan), "%s: cancel completion timeout\n",
 			__func__);
-		mod_timer(&ioat_chan->timer, jiffies + IDLE_TIMEOUT);
+		mod_timer_pending(&ioat_chan->timer, jiffies + IDLE_TIMEOUT);
 	}
 
 	/* 5 microsecond delay per pending descriptor */
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ static void ioat_cleanup(struct ioatdma_chan *ioat_chan)
 
 		if (chanerr &
 		    (IOAT_CHANERR_HANDLE_MASK | IOAT_CHANERR_RECOVER_MASK)) {
-			mod_timer(&ioat_chan->timer, jiffies + IDLE_TIMEOUT);
+			mod_timer_pending(&ioat_chan->timer, jiffies + IDLE_TIMEOUT);
 			ioat_eh(ioat_chan);
 		}
 	}
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ static void check_active(struct ioatdma_chan *ioat_chan)
 	}
 
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(IOAT_CHAN_ACTIVE, &ioat_chan->state))
-		mod_timer(&ioat_chan->timer, jiffies + IDLE_TIMEOUT);
+		mod_timer_pending(&ioat_chan->timer, jiffies + IDLE_TIMEOUT);
 }
 
 void ioat_timer_event(unsigned long data)