diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_timer.c b/net/decnet/dn_timer.c
index 67f691bd4ac..d9c150cc59a 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_timer.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_timer.c
@@ -36,16 +36,13 @@ static void dn_slow_timer(unsigned long arg);
 
 void dn_start_slow_timer(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	sk->sk_timer.expires	= jiffies + SLOW_INTERVAL;
-	sk->sk_timer.function	= dn_slow_timer;
-	sk->sk_timer.data	= (unsigned long)sk;
-
-	add_timer(&sk->sk_timer);
+	setup_timer(&sk->sk_timer, dn_slow_timer, (unsigned long)sk);
+	sk_reset_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer, jiffies + SLOW_INTERVAL);
 }
 
 void dn_stop_slow_timer(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	del_timer(&sk->sk_timer);
+	sk_stop_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer);
 }
 
 static void dn_slow_timer(unsigned long arg)
@@ -53,12 +50,10 @@ static void dn_slow_timer(unsigned long arg)
 	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)arg;
 	struct dn_scp *scp = DN_SK(sk);
 
-	sock_hold(sk);
 	bh_lock_sock(sk);
 
 	if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
-		sk->sk_timer.expires = jiffies + HZ / 10;
-		add_timer(&sk->sk_timer);
+		sk_reset_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer, jiffies + HZ / 10);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -100,9 +95,7 @@ static void dn_slow_timer(unsigned long arg)
 			scp->keepalive_fxn(sk);
 	}
 
-	sk->sk_timer.expires = jiffies + SLOW_INTERVAL;
-
-	add_timer(&sk->sk_timer);
+	sk_reset_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer, jiffies + SLOW_INTERVAL);
 out:
 	bh_unlock_sock(sk);
 	sock_put(sk);