card_state_t        state;
        unsigned int        clk_freq;
        unsigned int        clk_div;
-       unsigned long       timeout_jiffies; // software timeout - 2 sec
+       unsigned long       timeout_jiffies;
 
+       struct timer_list     timer;
        struct mmc_request    *req;
        struct work_struct    cmd_handler;
-       struct delayed_work   abort_handler;
        wait_queue_head_t     can_eject;
 
        size_t                written_blocks;
                return;
        }
 
-       queue_delayed_work(sock->wq, &host->abort_handler,
-                               host->timeout_jiffies);
 }
 
 /* Called from interrupt handler */
 
        spin_lock(&sock->lock);
        host = mmc_priv((struct mmc_host*)tifm_get_drvdata(sock));
-       cancel_delayed_work(&host->abort_handler);
 
        if (sock_irq_status & FIFO_EVENT) {
                fifo_status = readl(sock->addr + SOCK_DMA_FIFO_STATUS);
                                           || host->state == FIFO) {
                                        host->req->cmd->error = error_code;
                                        tifm_sd_exec(host, host->req->stop);
-                                       queue_delayed_work(sock->wq,
-                                               &host->abort_handler,
-                                               host->timeout_jiffies);
                                        host->state = SCMD;
                                        goto done;
                                } else {
        }
 
        host->req = mrq;
+       mod_timer(&host->timer, jiffies + host->timeout_jiffies);
        host->state = CMD;
-       queue_delayed_work(sock->wq, &host->abort_handler,
-                               host->timeout_jiffies);
        writel(TIFM_CTRL_LED | readl(sock->addr + SOCK_CONTROL),
                sock->addr + SOCK_CONTROL);
        tifm_sd_exec(host, mrq->cmd);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&sock->lock, flags);
 
+       del_timer(&host->timer);
        mrq = host->req;
        host->req = NULL;
        host->state = IDLE;
        }
 
        host->req = mrq;
+       mod_timer(&host->timer, jiffies + host->timeout_jiffies);
        host->state = CMD;
-       queue_delayed_work(sock->wq, &host->abort_handler,
-                               host->timeout_jiffies);
        writel(TIFM_CTRL_LED | readl(sock->addr + SOCK_CONTROL),
                sock->addr + SOCK_CONTROL);
        tifm_sd_exec(host, mrq->cmd);
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&sock->lock, flags);
 
+       del_timer(&host->timer);
        mrq = host->req;
        host->req = NULL;
        host->state = IDLE;
        mmc_request_done(mmc, mrq);
 }
 
-static void tifm_sd_abort(struct work_struct *work)
+static void tifm_sd_abort(unsigned long data)
 {
-       struct tifm_sd *host =
-               container_of(work, struct tifm_sd, abort_handler.work);
-
        printk(KERN_ERR DRIVER_NAME
-               ": card failed to respond for a long period of time");
-       tifm_eject(host->dev);
+              ": card failed to respond for a long period of time");
+       tifm_eject(((struct tifm_sd*)data)->dev);
 }
 
 static void tifm_sd_ios(struct mmc_host *mmc, struct mmc_ios *ios)
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&sock->lock, flags);
+       del_timer(&host->timer);
        host->flags |= HOST_REG;
        PREPARE_WORK(&host->cmd_handler,
                        no_dma ? tifm_sd_end_cmd_nodma : tifm_sd_end_cmd);
        host->clk_div = 61;
        init_waitqueue_head(&host->can_eject);
        INIT_WORK(&host->cmd_handler, tifm_sd_register_host);
-       INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&host->abort_handler, tifm_sd_abort);
+       setup_timer(&host->timer, tifm_sd_abort, (unsigned long)host);
 
        tifm_set_drvdata(sock, mmc);
        sock->signal_irq = tifm_sd_signal_irq;
        writel(host->clk_div | TIFM_MMCSD_POWER,
                        sock->addr + SOCK_MMCSD_CONFIG);
 
-       queue_delayed_work(sock->wq, &host->abort_handler,
-                       host->timeout_jiffies);
+       mod_timer(&host->timer, jiffies + host->timeout_jiffies);
 
        return 0;
 }
        struct tifm_sd *host = mmc_priv(mmc);
        unsigned long flags;
 
+       del_timer_sync(&host->timer);
        spin_lock_irqsave(&sock->lock, flags);
        host->flags |= EJECT;
        if (host->req)