diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/time.c b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
index 0b034eb..7f69d17 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/time.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 	.flags		= CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS,
 };
 
-static void __init timer_setup(void)
+static void __init um_timer_setup(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -132,5 +132,5 @@
 void __init time_init(void)
 {
 	timer_set_signal_handler();
-	late_time_init = timer_setup;
+	late_time_init = um_timer_setup;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index e6789b8..6383c52 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -168,6 +168,20 @@
 #define setup_pinned_deferrable_timer_on_stack(timer, fn, data)		\
 	__setup_timer_on_stack((timer), (fn), (data), TIMER_DEFERRABLE | TIMER_PINNED)
 
+#define TIMER_DATA_TYPE		unsigned long
+#define TIMER_FUNC_TYPE		void (*)(TIMER_DATA_TYPE)
+
+static inline void timer_setup(struct timer_list *timer,
+			       void (*callback)(struct timer_list *),
+			       unsigned int flags)
+{
+	__setup_timer(timer, (TIMER_FUNC_TYPE)callback,
+		      (TIMER_DATA_TYPE)timer, flags);
+}
+
+#define from_timer(var, callback_timer, timer_fieldname) \
+	container_of(callback_timer, typeof(*var), timer_fieldname)
+
 /**
  * timer_pending - is a timer pending?
  * @timer: the timer in question