diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index bb04ae52803a..a2c114812717 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -250,9 +250,7 @@ static void __rpc_init_priority_wait_queue(struct rpc_wait_queue *queue, const c
 	queue->maxpriority = nr_queues - 1;
 	rpc_reset_waitqueue_priority(queue);
 	queue->qlen = 0;
-	timer_setup(&queue->timer_list.timer,
-			__rpc_queue_timer_fn,
-			TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
+	timer_setup(&queue->timer_list.timer, __rpc_queue_timer_fn, 0);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->timer_list.list);
 	rpc_assign_waitqueue_name(queue, qname);
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index ad21880d5601..f6c82b1651e7 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -1876,9 +1876,7 @@ found:
 		xprt->idle_timeout = 0;
 	INIT_WORK(&xprt->task_cleanup, xprt_autoclose);
 	if (xprt_has_timer(xprt))
-		timer_setup(&xprt->timer,
-				xprt_init_autodisconnect,
-				TIMER_DEFERRABLE);
+		timer_setup(&xprt->timer, xprt_init_autodisconnect, 0);
 	else
 		timer_setup(&xprt->timer, NULL, 0);