Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@gmail.com>

--- linux-2.6/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c	2007-12-07 10:04:39.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6-work/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c	2007-12-18 20:45:59.000000000 -0500
@@ -3899,7 +3899,7 @@
 		goto err_eeprom;
 	}
 
-	init_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
+	init_timer_deferrable(&adapter->watchdog_timer);
 	adapter->watchdog_timer.function = &e1000_watchdog;
 	adapter->watchdog_timer.data = (unsigned long) adapter;