/* poll external decoder */
        int polling;
-       struct work_struct work;
-       struct timer_list timer;
+       struct delayed_work work;
        u32 gpio_addr;
        u32 last_gpio;
        u32 mask_keycode;
        }
 }
 
-static void ir_timer(unsigned long data)
-{
-       struct cx88_IR *ir = (struct cx88_IR *)data;
-
-       schedule_work(&ir->work);
-}
-
 static void cx88_ir_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-       struct cx88_IR *ir = container_of(work, struct cx88_IR, work);
+       struct cx88_IR *ir = container_of(work, struct cx88_IR, work.work);
 
        cx88_ir_handle_key(ir);
-       mod_timer(&ir->timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(ir->polling));
+       schedule_delayed_work(&ir->work, msecs_to_jiffies(ir->polling));
 }
 
 void cx88_ir_start(struct cx88_core *core, struct cx88_IR *ir)
 {
        if (ir->polling) {
-               setup_timer(&ir->timer, ir_timer, (unsigned long)ir);
-               INIT_WORK(&ir->work, cx88_ir_work);
-               schedule_work(&ir->work);
+               INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ir->work, cx88_ir_work);
+               schedule_delayed_work(&ir->work, 0);
        }
        if (ir->sampling) {
                core->pci_irqmask |= PCI_INT_IR_SMPINT;
                core->pci_irqmask &= ~PCI_INT_IR_SMPINT;
        }
 
-       if (ir->polling) {
-               del_timer_sync(&ir->timer);
-               flush_scheduled_work();
-       }
+       if (ir->polling)
+               cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ir->work);
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */