struct saa6588 {
        struct v4l2_subdev sd;
-       struct work_struct work;
-       struct timer_list timer;
+       struct delayed_work work;
        spinlock_t lock;
        unsigned char *buffer;
        unsigned int buf_size;
        wake_up_interruptible(&s->read_queue);
 }
 
-static void saa6588_timer(unsigned long data)
-{
-       struct saa6588 *s = (struct saa6588 *)data;
-
-       schedule_work(&s->work);
-}
-
 static void saa6588_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-       struct saa6588 *s = container_of(work, struct saa6588, work);
+       struct saa6588 *s = container_of(work, struct saa6588, work.work);
 
        saa6588_i2c_poll(s);
-       mod_timer(&s->timer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(20));
+       schedule_delayed_work(&s->work, msecs_to_jiffies(20));
 }
 
 static int saa6588_configure(struct saa6588 *s)
        saa6588_configure(s);
 
        /* start polling via eventd */
-       INIT_WORK(&s->work, saa6588_work);
-       init_timer(&s->timer);
-       s->timer.function = saa6588_timer;
-       s->timer.data = (unsigned long)s;
-       schedule_work(&s->work);
+       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&s->work, saa6588_work);
+       schedule_delayed_work(&s->work, 0);
        return 0;
 }
 
 
        v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd);
 
-       del_timer_sync(&s->timer);
-       flush_scheduled_work();
+       cancel_delayed_work_sync(&s->work);
 
        kfree(s->buffer);
        kfree(s);