}
 }
 
-
-
-/* (re)start the timer */
-static void batadv_bla_start_timer(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
-{
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bat_priv->bla.work, batadv_bla_periodic_work);
-       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->bla.work,
-                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_BLA_PERIOD_LENGTH));
-}
-
 /* periodic work to do:
  *  * purge structures when they are too old
  *  * send announcements
        if (primary_if)
                batadv_hardif_free_ref(primary_if);
 
-       batadv_bla_start_timer(bat_priv);
+       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->bla.work,
+                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_BLA_PERIOD_LENGTH));
 }
 
 /* The hash for claim and backbone hash receive the same key because they
 
        batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_BLA, bat_priv, "bla hashes initialized\n");
 
-       batadv_bla_start_timer(bat_priv);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bat_priv->bla.work, batadv_bla_periodic_work);
+
+       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->bla.work,
+                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_BLA_PERIOD_LENGTH));
        return 0;
 }
 
 
 #define BATADV_TT_LOCAL_TIMEOUT 600000 /* in milliseconds */
 #define BATADV_TT_CLIENT_ROAM_TIMEOUT 600000 /* in milliseconds */
 #define BATADV_TT_CLIENT_TEMP_TIMEOUT 600000 /* in milliseconds */
+#define BATADV_TT_WORK_PERIOD 5000 /* 5 seconds */
+#define BATADV_ORIG_WORK_PERIOD 1000 /* 1 second */
 #define BATADV_DAT_ENTRY_TIMEOUT (5*60000) /* 5 mins in milliseconds */
 /* sliding packet range of received originator messages in sequence numbers
  * (should be a multiple of our word size)
 
 
 static void batadv_purge_orig(struct work_struct *work);
 
-static void batadv_start_purge_timer(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
-{
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bat_priv->orig_work, batadv_purge_orig);
-       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue,
-                          &bat_priv->orig_work, msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
-}
-
 /* returns 1 if they are the same originator */
 static int batadv_compare_orig(const struct hlist_node *node, const void *data2)
 {
        batadv_hash_set_lock_class(bat_priv->orig_hash,
                                   &batadv_orig_hash_lock_class_key);
 
-       batadv_start_purge_timer(bat_priv);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bat_priv->orig_work, batadv_purge_orig);
+       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue,
+                          &bat_priv->orig_work,
+                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_ORIG_WORK_PERIOD));
+
        return 0;
 
 err:
        delayed_work = container_of(work, struct delayed_work, work);
        bat_priv = container_of(delayed_work, struct batadv_priv, orig_work);
        _batadv_purge_orig(bat_priv);
-       batadv_start_purge_timer(bat_priv);
+       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue,
+                          &bat_priv->orig_work,
+                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_ORIG_WORK_PERIOD));
 }
 
 void batadv_purge_orig_ref(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->forw_bcast_list_lock);
 
        /* start timer for this packet */
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&forw_packet->delayed_work,
-                         batadv_send_outstanding_bcast_packet);
        queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &forw_packet->delayed_work,
                           send_time);
 }
        /* how often did we send the bcast packet ? */
        forw_packet->num_packets = 0;
 
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&forw_packet->delayed_work,
+                         batadv_send_outstanding_bcast_packet);
+
        _batadv_add_bcast_packet_to_list(bat_priv, forw_packet, delay);
        return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 
        return (memcmp(data1, data2, ETH_ALEN) == 0 ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
-static void batadv_tt_start_timer(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
-{
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bat_priv->tt.work, batadv_tt_purge);
-       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->tt.work,
-                          msecs_to_jiffies(5000));
-}
-
 static struct batadv_tt_common_entry *
 batadv_tt_hash_find(struct batadv_hashtable *hash, const void *data)
 {
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
 
-       batadv_tt_start_timer(bat_priv);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bat_priv->tt.work, batadv_tt_purge);
+       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->tt.work,
+                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_TT_WORK_PERIOD));
 
        return 1;
 }
        batadv_tt_req_purge(bat_priv);
        batadv_tt_roam_purge(bat_priv);
 
-       batadv_tt_start_timer(bat_priv);
+       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->tt.work,
+                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_TT_WORK_PERIOD));
 }
 
 void batadv_tt_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 
 /* hash class keys */
 static struct lock_class_key batadv_vis_hash_lock_class_key;
 
-static void batadv_start_vis_timer(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv);
-
 /* free the info */
 static void batadv_free_info(struct kref *ref)
 {
                kref_put(&info->refcount, batadv_free_info);
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->vis.hash_lock);
-       batadv_start_vis_timer(bat_priv);
+
+       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->vis.work,
+                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_VIS_INTERVAL));
 }
 
 /* init the vis server. this may only be called when if_list is already
        }
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->vis.hash_lock);
-       batadv_start_vis_timer(bat_priv);
+
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bat_priv->vis.work, batadv_send_vis_packets);
+       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->vis.work,
+                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_VIS_INTERVAL));
+
        return 0;
 
 free_info:
        bat_priv->vis.my_info = NULL;
        spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->vis.hash_lock);
 }
-
-/* schedule packets for (re)transmission */
-static void batadv_start_vis_timer(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
-{
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&bat_priv->vis.work, batadv_send_vis_packets);
-       queue_delayed_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &bat_priv->vis.work,
-                          msecs_to_jiffies(BATADV_VIS_INTERVAL));
-}