diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 1038706edd87f3e142e6023da1c3a130bfaf1330..b8881750a3acd705789050c845c942673da999a8 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -863,9 +863,9 @@ static void blk_queue_usage_counter_release(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	wake_up_all(&q->mq_freeze_wq);
 }
 
-static void blk_rq_timed_out_timer(unsigned long data)
+static void blk_rq_timed_out_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
+	struct request_queue *q = from_timer(q, t, timeout);
 
 	kblockd_schedule_work(&q->timeout_work);
 }
@@ -901,9 +901,9 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue_node(gfp_t gfp_mask, int node_id)
 	q->backing_dev_info->name = "block";
 	q->node = node_id;
 
-	setup_timer(&q->backing_dev_info->laptop_mode_wb_timer,
-		    laptop_mode_timer_fn, (unsigned long) q);
-	setup_timer(&q->timeout, blk_rq_timed_out_timer, (unsigned long) q);
+	timer_setup(&q->backing_dev_info->laptop_mode_wb_timer,
+		    laptop_mode_timer_fn, 0);
+	timer_setup(&q->timeout, blk_rq_timed_out_timer, 0);
 	INIT_WORK(&q->timeout_work, NULL);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->queue_head);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->timeout_list);
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index f42d85631d1711fd0085141fc1e61b0c31cd1ddd..fdfd04e348f698b3d108228868866072164d31b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static inline void cgroup_writeback_umount(void)
 void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info);
 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
 void laptop_mode_sync(struct work_struct *work);
-void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
+void laptop_mode_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t);
 #else
 static inline void laptop_sync_completion(void) { }
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 8a1551154285d764207a641aed035f7e13c11b14..e7095030aa1fafbf74d808a7de7943d4ae796593 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1993,11 +1993,12 @@ int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+void laptop_mode_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t)
 {
-	struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
+	struct backing_dev_info *backing_dev_info =
+		from_timer(backing_dev_info, t, laptop_mode_wb_timer);
 
-	wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(q->backing_dev_info, WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER);
+	wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(backing_dev_info, WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER);
 }
 
 /*