*/
 struct fw_event_work {
        struct list_head        list;
-       struct delayed_work     work;
+       struct work_struct      work;
        struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc;
        u8                      VF_ID;
        u8                      host_reset_handling;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->fw_event_lock, flags);
        list_add_tail(&fw_event->list, &ioc->fw_event_list);
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&fw_event->work, _firmware_event_work);
-       queue_delayed_work(ioc->firmware_event_thread, &fw_event->work, 1);
+       INIT_WORK(&fw_event->work, _firmware_event_work);
+       queue_work(ioc->firmware_event_thread, &fw_event->work);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->fw_event_lock, flags);
 }
 
                return;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->fw_event_lock, flags);
-       queue_delayed_work(ioc->firmware_event_thread, &fw_event->work, delay);
+       queue_work(ioc->firmware_event_thread, &fw_event->work);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->fw_event_lock, flags);
 }
 
 _firmware_event_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct fw_event_work *fw_event = container_of(work,
-           struct fw_event_work, work.work);
+           struct fw_event_work, work);
        unsigned long flags;
        struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc = fw_event->ioc;