diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/catas.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/catas.c
index 53daa6ca5d83b60f7ad8632694658922921f82f5..e2b6b0cac1acf9dad8168587743ccc5e871a7c92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/catas.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/catas.c
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ static void dump_err_buf(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 			 i, swab32(readl(priv->catas_err.map + i)));
 }
 
-static void poll_catas(unsigned long dev_ptr)
+static void poll_catas(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct mlx4_dev *dev = (struct mlx4_dev *) dev_ptr;
-	struct mlx4_priv *priv = mlx4_priv(dev);
+	struct mlx4_priv *priv = from_timer(priv, t, catas_err.timer);
+	struct mlx4_dev *dev = &priv->dev;
 	u32 slave_read;
 
 	if (mlx4_is_slave(dev)) {
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void mlx4_start_catas_poll(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 	phys_addr_t addr;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->catas_err.list);
-	init_timer(&priv->catas_err.timer);
+	timer_setup(&priv->catas_err.timer, poll_catas, 0);
 	priv->catas_err.map = NULL;
 
 	if (!mlx4_is_slave(dev)) {
@@ -293,8 +293,6 @@ void mlx4_start_catas_poll(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	priv->catas_err.timer.data     = (unsigned long) dev;
-	priv->catas_err.timer.function = poll_catas;
 	priv->catas_err.timer.expires  =
 		round_jiffies(jiffies + MLX4_CATAS_POLL_INTERVAL);
 	add_timer(&priv->catas_err.timer);