diff --git a/net/core/link_watch.c b/net/core/link_watch.c
index f2ed09e..549a2ce 100644
--- a/net/core/link_watch.c
+++ b/net/core/link_watch.c
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 static unsigned long linkwatch_flags;
 static unsigned long linkwatch_nextevent;
 
-static void linkwatch_event(void *dummy);
-static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(linkwatch_work, linkwatch_event, NULL);
+static void linkwatch_event(struct work_struct *dummy);
+static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(linkwatch_work, linkwatch_event);
 
 static LIST_HEAD(lweventlist);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lweventlist_lock);
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 }       
 
 
-static void linkwatch_event(void *dummy)
+static void linkwatch_event(struct work_struct *dummy)
 {
 	/* Limit the number of linkwatch events to one
 	 * per second so that a runaway driver does not
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index cdd8053..8c74f91 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -197,9 +197,10 @@
 
 extern void twkill_slots_invalid(void);
 
-void inet_twdr_twkill_work(void *data)
+void inet_twdr_twkill_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct inet_timewait_death_row *twdr = data;
+	struct inet_timewait_death_row *twdr =
+		container_of(work, struct inet_timewait_death_row, twkill_work);
 	int i;
 
 	if ((INET_TWDR_TWKILL_SLOTS - 1) > (sizeof(twdr->thread_slots) * 8))
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index 0163d98..af7b2c9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
 	.tw_timer	= TIMER_INITIALIZER(inet_twdr_hangman, 0,
 					    (unsigned long)&tcp_death_row),
 	.twkill_work	= __WORK_INITIALIZER(tcp_death_row.twkill_work,
-					     inet_twdr_twkill_work,
-					     &tcp_death_row),
+					     inet_twdr_twkill_work),
 /* Short-time timewait calendar */
 
 	.twcal_hand	= -1,
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index d5725cb..d96fd46 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@
 static struct file_operations content_file_operations;
 static struct file_operations cache_flush_operations;
 
-static void do_cache_clean(void *data);
-static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(cache_cleaner, do_cache_clean, NULL);
+static void do_cache_clean(struct work_struct *work);
+static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(cache_cleaner, do_cache_clean);
 
 void cache_register(struct cache_detail *cd)
 {
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
 /*
  * We want to regularly clean the cache, so we need to schedule some work ...
  */
-static void do_cache_clean(void *data)
+static void do_cache_clean(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int delay = 5;
 	if (cache_clean() == -1)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
index 97be3f7..49dba5f 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@
 }
 
 static void
-rpc_timeout_upcall_queue(void *data)
+rpc_timeout_upcall_queue(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	LIST_HEAD(free_list);
-	struct rpc_inode *rpci = (struct rpc_inode *)data;
+	struct rpc_inode *rpci =
+		container_of(work, struct rpc_inode, queue_timeout.work);
 	struct inode *inode = &rpci->vfs_inode;
 	void (*destroy_msg)(struct rpc_pipe_msg *);
 
@@ -838,7 +839,7 @@
 		rpci->pipelen = 0;
 		init_waitqueue_head(&rpci->waitq);
 		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rpci->queue_timeout,
-				    rpc_timeout_upcall_queue, rpci);
+				    rpc_timeout_upcall_queue);
 		rpci->ops = NULL;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index a1ab4ee..eff44bc 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 static void			__rpc_default_timer(struct rpc_task *task);
 static void			rpciod_killall(void);
-static void			rpc_async_schedule(void *);
+static void			rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *);
 
 /*
  * RPC tasks sit here while waiting for conditions to improve.
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 	if (RPC_IS_ASYNC(task)) {
 		int status;
 
-		INIT_WORK(&task->u.tk_work, rpc_async_schedule, (void *)task);
+		INIT_WORK(&task->u.tk_work, rpc_async_schedule);
 		status = queue_work(task->tk_workqueue, &task->u.tk_work);
 		if (status < 0) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "RPC: failed to add task to queue: error: %d!\n", status);
@@ -695,9 +695,9 @@
 	return __rpc_execute(task);
 }
 
-static void rpc_async_schedule(void *arg)
+static void rpc_async_schedule(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	__rpc_execute((struct rpc_task *)arg);
+	__rpc_execute(container_of(work, struct rpc_task, u.tk_work));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 8085747..4f9a5d9 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -479,9 +479,10 @@
 	return status;
 }
 
-static void xprt_autoclose(void *args)
+static void xprt_autoclose(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = (struct rpc_xprt *)args;
+	struct rpc_xprt *xprt =
+		container_of(work, struct rpc_xprt, task_cleanup);
 
 	xprt_disconnect(xprt);
 	xprt->ops->close(xprt);
@@ -932,7 +933,7 @@
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xprt->free);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xprt->recv);
-	INIT_WORK(&xprt->task_cleanup, xprt_autoclose, xprt);
+	INIT_WORK(&xprt->task_cleanup, xprt_autoclose);
 	init_timer(&xprt->timer);
 	xprt->timer.function = xprt_init_autodisconnect;
 	xprt->timer.data = (unsigned long) xprt;
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index 3c7532c..cfe3c15 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -1060,13 +1060,14 @@
 
 /**
  * xs_udp_connect_worker - set up a UDP socket
- * @args: RPC transport to connect
+ * @work: RPC transport to connect
  *
  * Invoked by a work queue tasklet.
  */
-static void xs_udp_connect_worker(void *args)
+static void xs_udp_connect_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = (struct rpc_xprt *) args;
+	struct rpc_xprt *xprt =
+		container_of(work, struct rpc_xprt, connect_worker.work);
 	struct socket *sock = xprt->sock;
 	int err, status = -EIO;
 
@@ -1144,13 +1145,14 @@
 
 /**
  * xs_tcp_connect_worker - connect a TCP socket to a remote endpoint
- * @args: RPC transport to connect
+ * @work: RPC transport to connect
  *
  * Invoked by a work queue tasklet.
  */
-static void xs_tcp_connect_worker(void *args)
+static void xs_tcp_connect_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct rpc_xprt *xprt = (struct rpc_xprt *)args;
+	struct rpc_xprt *xprt =
+		container_of(work, struct rpc_xprt, connect_worker.work);
 	struct socket *sock = xprt->sock;
 	int err, status = -EIO;
 
@@ -1375,7 +1377,7 @@
 	/* XXX: header size can vary due to auth type, IPv6, etc. */
 	xprt->max_payload = (1U << 16) - (MAX_HEADER << 3);
 
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&xprt->connect_worker, xs_udp_connect_worker, xprt);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&xprt->connect_worker, xs_udp_connect_worker);
 	xprt->bind_timeout = XS_BIND_TO;
 	xprt->connect_timeout = XS_UDP_CONN_TO;
 	xprt->reestablish_timeout = XS_UDP_REEST_TO;
@@ -1420,7 +1422,7 @@
 	xprt->tsh_size = sizeof(rpc_fraghdr) / sizeof(u32);
 	xprt->max_payload = RPC_MAX_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
 
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&xprt->connect_worker, xs_tcp_connect_worker, xprt);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&xprt->connect_worker, xs_tcp_connect_worker);
 	xprt->bind_timeout = XS_BIND_TO;
 	xprt->connect_timeout = XS_TCP_CONN_TO;
 	xprt->reestablish_timeout = XS_TCP_INIT_REEST_TO;