est->interval = 2;              /* XXX: make this configurable */
        est->ewma_log = 2;              /* XXX: make this configurable */
-       init_timer(&est->timer);
-       est->timer.data = (unsigned long)vc;
-       est->timer.function = idt77252_est_timer;
-
-       est->timer.expires = jiffies + ((HZ / 4) << est->interval);
-       add_timer(&est->timer);
+       setup_timer(&est->timer, idt77252_est_timer, (unsigned long)vc);
+       mod_timer(&est->timer, jiffies + ((HZ / 4) << est->interval));
 
        return est;
 }
        spin_lock_init(&card->cmd_lock);
        spin_lock_init(&card->tst_lock);
 
-       init_timer(&card->tst_timer);
-       card->tst_timer.data = (unsigned long)card;
-       card->tst_timer.function = tst_timer;
+       setup_timer(&card->tst_timer, tst_timer, (unsigned long)card);
 
        /* Do the I/O remapping... */
        card->membase = ioremap(membase, 1024);