}
                /* guard against interrupt when we're going down */
                if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
-                       mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 1);
+                       queue_delayed_work(adapter->e1000_workqueue,
+                                          &adapter->watchdog_task, 1);
        }
 
        /* Reset on uncorrectable ECC error */
                }
                /* guard against interrupt when we're going down */
                if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
-                       mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 1);
+                       queue_delayed_work(adapter->e1000_workqueue,
+                                          &adapter->watchdog_task, 1);
        }
 
        /* Reset on uncorrectable ECC error */
                hw->mac.get_link_status = true;
                /* guard against interrupt when we're going down */
                if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
-                       mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 1);
+                       queue_delayed_work(adapter->e1000_workqueue,
+                                          &adapter->watchdog_task, 1);
        }
 
        if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
 
        napi_synchronize(&adapter->napi);
 
-       del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
        del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_info_timer);
 
        spin_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
        }
 }
 
-/**
- * e1000_watchdog - Timer Call-back
- * @data: pointer to adapter cast into an unsigned long
- **/
-static void e1000_watchdog(struct timer_list *t)
-{
-       struct e1000_adapter *adapter = from_timer(adapter, t, watchdog_timer);
-
-       /* Do the rest outside of interrupt context */
-       schedule_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
-
-       /* TODO: make this use queue_delayed_work() */
-}
-
 static void e1000_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct e1000_adapter *adapter = container_of(work,
                                                     struct e1000_adapter,
-                                                    watchdog_task);
+                                                    watchdog_task.work);
        struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
        struct e1000_mac_info *mac = &adapter->hw.mac;
        struct e1000_phy_info *phy = &adapter->hw.phy;
 
        /* Reset the timer */
        if (!test_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state))
-               mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer,
-                         round_jiffies(jiffies + 2 * HZ));
+               queue_delayed_work(adapter->e1000_workqueue,
+                                  &adapter->watchdog_task,
+                                  round_jiffies(2 * HZ));
 }
 
 #define E1000_TX_FLAGS_CSUM            0x00000001
                goto err_eeprom;
        }
 
-       timer_setup(&adapter->watchdog_timer, e1000_watchdog, 0);
+       adapter->e1000_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("%s", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0,
+                                                  e1000e_driver_name);
+
+       if (!adapter->e1000_workqueue) {
+               err = -ENOMEM;
+               goto err_workqueue;
+       }
+
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&adapter->watchdog_task, e1000_watchdog_task);
+       queue_delayed_work(adapter->e1000_workqueue, &adapter->watchdog_task,
+                          0);
+
        timer_setup(&adapter->phy_info_timer, e1000_update_phy_info, 0);
 
        INIT_WORK(&adapter->reset_task, e1000_reset_task);
-       INIT_WORK(&adapter->watchdog_task, e1000_watchdog_task);
        INIT_WORK(&adapter->downshift_task, e1000e_downshift_workaround);
        INIT_WORK(&adapter->update_phy_task, e1000e_update_phy_task);
        INIT_WORK(&adapter->print_hang_task, e1000_print_hw_hang);
        return 0;
 
 err_register:
+       flush_workqueue(adapter->e1000_workqueue);
+       destroy_workqueue(adapter->e1000_workqueue);
+err_workqueue:
        if (!(adapter->flags & FLAG_HAS_AMT))
                e1000e_release_hw_control(adapter);
 err_eeprom:
         */
        if (!down)
                set_bit(__E1000_DOWN, &adapter->state);
-       del_timer_sync(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
        del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_info_timer);
 
        cancel_work_sync(&adapter->reset_task);
-       cancel_work_sync(&adapter->watchdog_task);
        cancel_work_sync(&adapter->downshift_task);
        cancel_work_sync(&adapter->update_phy_task);
        cancel_work_sync(&adapter->print_hang_task);
 
+       cancel_delayed_work(&adapter->watchdog_task);
+       flush_workqueue(adapter->e1000_workqueue);
+       destroy_workqueue(adapter->e1000_workqueue);
+
        if (adapter->flags & FLAG_HAS_HW_TIMESTAMP) {
                cancel_work_sync(&adapter->tx_hwtstamp_work);
                if (adapter->tx_hwtstamp_skb) {