diff --git a/drivers/net/ifb.c b/drivers/net/ifb.c
index fa63d4dee0ba..ab7022582154 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ifb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ifb.c
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t ifb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
 static int ifb_open(struct net_device *dev);
 static int ifb_close(struct net_device *dev);
 
-static void ifb_ri_tasklet(unsigned long _txp)
+static void ifb_ri_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct *t)
 {
-	struct ifb_q_private *txp = (struct ifb_q_private *)_txp;
+	struct ifb_q_private *txp = from_tasklet(txp, t, ifb_tasklet);
 	struct netdev_queue *txq;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@ static int ifb_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 		__skb_queue_head_init(&txp->tq);
 		u64_stats_init(&txp->rsync);
 		u64_stats_init(&txp->tsync);
-		tasklet_init(&txp->ifb_tasklet, ifb_ri_tasklet,
-			     (unsigned long)txp);
+		tasklet_setup(&txp->ifb_tasklet, ifb_ri_tasklet);
 		netif_tx_start_queue(netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i));
 	}
 	return 0;