diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index d8ac2a7fb9e7b6db9de3755ab7898095f70f8383..33df0583edb935896ef8eb1be88536e6820f3dfd 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -650,9 +650,8 @@ int wb_domain_init(struct wb_domain *dom, gfp_t gfp)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&dom->lock);
 
-	init_timer_deferrable(&dom->period_timer);
-	dom->period_timer.function = writeout_period;
-	dom->period_timer.data = (unsigned long)dom;
+	setup_deferrable_timer(&dom->period_timer, writeout_period,
+			       (unsigned long)dom);
 
 	dom->dirty_limit_tstamp = jiffies;