};
 
 struct firmware_priv {
-       struct timer_list timeout;
+       struct delayed_work timeout_work;
        bool nowait;
        struct device dev;
        struct firmware_buf *buf;
        .write = firmware_data_write,
 };
 
-static void firmware_class_timeout(u_long data)
+static void firmware_class_timeout_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-       struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = (struct firmware_priv *) data;
+       struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = container_of(work,
+                       struct firmware_priv, timeout_work.work);
 
+       mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
+       if (test_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &(fw_priv->buf->status))) {
+               mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
+               return;
+       }
        fw_load_abort(fw_priv);
+       mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 }
 
 static struct firmware_priv *
 
        fw_priv->nowait = nowait;
        fw_priv->fw = firmware;
-       setup_timer(&fw_priv->timeout,
-                   firmware_class_timeout, (u_long) fw_priv);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&fw_priv->timeout_work,
+               firmware_class_timeout_work);
 
        f_dev = &fw_priv->dev;
 
                dev_dbg(f_dev->parent, "firmware: direct-loading"
                        " firmware %s\n", buf->fw_id);
 
+               mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
                set_bit(FW_STATUS_DONE, &buf->status);
+               mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
                complete_all(&buf->completion);
                direct_load = 1;
                goto handle_fw;
                dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, false);
                dev_dbg(f_dev, "firmware: requesting %s\n", buf->fw_id);
                if (timeout != MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
-                       mod_timer(&fw_priv->timeout,
-                                 round_jiffies_up(jiffies + timeout));
+                       schedule_delayed_work(&fw_priv->timeout_work, timeout);
 
                kobject_uevent(&fw_priv->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
        }
 
        wait_for_completion(&buf->completion);
 
-       del_timer_sync(&fw_priv->timeout);
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&fw_priv->timeout_work);
 
 handle_fw:
        mutex_lock(&fw_lock);