diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index ee8ed9da00ad..dcfcb153918c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -520,8 +520,7 @@ int xenvif_init_queue(struct xenvif_queue *queue)
 
 	queue->credit_bytes = queue->remaining_credit = ~0UL;
 	queue->credit_usec  = 0UL;
-	init_timer(&queue->credit_timeout);
-	queue->credit_timeout.function = xenvif_tx_credit_callback;
+	setup_timer(&queue->credit_timeout, xenvif_tx_credit_callback, 0UL);
 	queue->credit_window_start = get_jiffies_64();
 
 	queue->rx_queue_max = XENVIF_RX_QUEUE_BYTES;