old->config_rom_retries = 0;
                fw_notice(card, "rediscovered device %s\n", dev_name(dev));
 
-               PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&old->work, fw_device_update);
+               old->workfn = fw_device_update;
                fw_schedule_device_work(old, 0);
 
                if (current_node == card->root_node)
        if (atomic_cmpxchg(&device->state,
                           FW_DEVICE_INITIALIZING,
                           FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) == FW_DEVICE_GONE) {
-               PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&device->work, fw_device_shutdown);
+               device->workfn = fw_device_shutdown;
                fw_schedule_device_work(device, SHUTDOWN_DELAY);
        } else {
                fw_notice(card, "created device %s: GUID %08x%08x, S%d00\n",
                  dev_name(&device->device), fw_rcode_string(ret));
  gone:
        atomic_set(&device->state, FW_DEVICE_GONE);
-       PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&device->work, fw_device_shutdown);
+       device->workfn = fw_device_shutdown;
        fw_schedule_device_work(device, SHUTDOWN_DELAY);
  out:
        if (node_id == card->root_node->node_id)
                fw_schedule_bm_work(card, 0);
 }
 
+static void fw_device_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       struct fw_device *device = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
+                                               struct fw_device, work);
+       device->workfn(work);
+}
+
 void fw_node_event(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_node *node, int event)
 {
        struct fw_device *device;
                 * power-up after getting plugged in.  We schedule the
                 * first config rom scan half a second after bus reset.
                 */
-               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&device->work, fw_device_init);
+               device->workfn = fw_device_init;
+               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&device->work, fw_device_workfn);
                fw_schedule_device_work(device, INITIAL_DELAY);
                break;
 
                if (atomic_cmpxchg(&device->state,
                            FW_DEVICE_RUNNING,
                            FW_DEVICE_INITIALIZING) == FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) {
-                       PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&device->work, fw_device_refresh);
+                       device->workfn = fw_device_refresh;
                        fw_schedule_device_work(device,
                                device->is_local ? 0 : INITIAL_DELAY);
                }
                smp_wmb();  /* update node_id before generation */
                device->generation = card->generation;
                if (atomic_read(&device->state) == FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) {
-                       PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&device->work, fw_device_update);
+                       device->workfn = fw_device_update;
                        fw_schedule_device_work(device, 0);
                }
                break;
                device = node->data;
                if (atomic_xchg(&device->state,
                                FW_DEVICE_GONE) == FW_DEVICE_RUNNING) {
-                       PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&device->work, fw_device_shutdown);
+                       device->workfn = fw_device_shutdown;
                        fw_schedule_device_work(device,
                                list_empty(&card->link) ? 0 : SHUTDOWN_DELAY);
                }
 
         */
        int generation;
        int retries;
+       work_func_t workfn;
        struct delayed_work work;
        bool has_sdev;
        bool blocked;
        /* set appropriate retry limit(s) in BUSY_TIMEOUT register */
        sbp2_set_busy_timeout(lu);
 
-       PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&lu->work, sbp2_reconnect);
+       lu->workfn = sbp2_reconnect;
        sbp2_agent_reset(lu);
 
        /* This was a re-login. */
         * If a bus reset happened, sbp2_update will have requeued
         * lu->work already.  Reset the work from reconnect to login.
         */
-       PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&lu->work, sbp2_login);
+       lu->workfn = sbp2_login;
 }
 
 static void sbp2_reconnect(struct work_struct *work)
                    lu->retries++ >= 5) {
                        dev_err(tgt_dev(tgt), "failed to reconnect\n");
                        lu->retries = 0;
-                       PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK(&lu->work, sbp2_login);
+                       lu->workfn = sbp2_login;
                }
                sbp2_queue_work(lu, DIV_ROUND_UP(HZ, 5));
 
        sbp2_conditionally_unblock(lu);
 }
 
+static void sbp2_lu_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       struct sbp2_logical_unit *lu = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
+                                               struct sbp2_logical_unit, work);
+       lu->workfn(work);
+}
+
 static int sbp2_add_logical_unit(struct sbp2_target *tgt, int lun_entry)
 {
        struct sbp2_logical_unit *lu;
        lu->blocked  = false;
        ++tgt->dont_block;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lu->orb_list);
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&lu->work, sbp2_login);
+       lu->workfn = sbp2_login;
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&lu->work, sbp2_lu_workfn);
 
        list_add_tail(&lu->link, &tgt->lu_list);
        return 0;