diff --git a/net/dccp/ccids/ccid2.c b/net/dccp/ccids/ccid2.c
index 0cff637a4a51520de0c99aa48c8fec3dfa56f9fa..8c95813bcc6795a89f23e4fcbba1a315421b51e4 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ccids/ccid2.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ccids/ccid2.c
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ static void ccid2_change_l_ack_ratio(struct sock *sk, u32 val)
 	dp->dccps_l_ack_ratio = val;
 }
 
-static void ccid2_start_rto_timer(struct sock *sk);
-
 static void ccid2_hc_tx_rto_expire(unsigned long data)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)data;
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ static void ccid2_hc_tx_rto_expire(unsigned long data)
 	if (hc->tx_rto > DCCP_RTO_MAX)
 		hc->tx_rto = DCCP_RTO_MAX;
 
-	ccid2_start_rto_timer(sk);
+	sk_reset_timer(sk, &hc->tx_rtotimer, jiffies + hc->tx_rto);
 
 	/* adjust pipe, cwnd etc */
 	hc->tx_ssthresh = hc->tx_cwnd / 2;
@@ -153,16 +151,6 @@ static void ccid2_hc_tx_rto_expire(unsigned long data)
 	sock_put(sk);
 }
 
-static void ccid2_start_rto_timer(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct ccid2_hc_tx_sock *hc = ccid2_hc_tx_sk(sk);
-
-	ccid2_pr_debug("setting RTO timeout=%u\n", hc->tx_rto);
-
-	BUG_ON(timer_pending(&hc->tx_rtotimer));
-	sk_reset_timer(sk, &hc->tx_rtotimer, jiffies + hc->tx_rto);
-}
-
 static void ccid2_hc_tx_packet_sent(struct sock *sk, int more, unsigned int len)
 {
 	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
@@ -239,9 +227,7 @@ static void ccid2_hc_tx_packet_sent(struct sock *sk, int more, unsigned int len)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	/* setup RTO timer */
-	if (!timer_pending(&hc->tx_rtotimer))
-		ccid2_start_rto_timer(sk);
+	sk_reset_timer(sk, &hc->tx_rtotimer, jiffies + hc->tx_rto);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_DCCP_CCID2_DEBUG
 	do {
@@ -320,14 +306,6 @@ static int ccid2_ackvector(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static void ccid2_hc_tx_kill_rto_timer(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct ccid2_hc_tx_sock *hc = ccid2_hc_tx_sk(sk);
-
-	sk_stop_timer(sk, &hc->tx_rtotimer);
-	ccid2_pr_debug("deleted RTO timer\n");
-}
-
 /**
  * ccid2_rtt_estimator - Sample RTT and compute RTO using RFC2988 algorithm
  * This code is almost identical with TCP's tcp_rtt_estimator(), since
@@ -692,7 +670,7 @@ static void ccid2_hc_tx_exit(struct sock *sk)
 	struct ccid2_hc_tx_sock *hc = ccid2_hc_tx_sk(sk);
 	int i;
 
-	ccid2_hc_tx_kill_rto_timer(sk);
+	sk_stop_timer(sk, &hc->tx_rtotimer);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hc->tx_seqbufc; i++)
 		kfree(hc->tx_seqbuf[i]);