diff --git a/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx b/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
index fa0e6b624..934122edd 100644
--- a/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/nfs/Connection.cxx
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ NfsConnection::DestroyContext()
 #endif
 
 	if (!mount_finished) {
-		assert(TimeoutMonitor::IsActive());
-		TimeoutMonitor::Cancel();
+		assert(mount_timeout_event.IsActive());
+		mount_timeout_event.Cancel();
 	}
 
 	/* cancel pending DeferredMonitor that was scheduled to notify
@@ -525,8 +525,8 @@ NfsConnection::MountCallback(int status, gcc_unused nfs_context *nfs,
 
 	mount_finished = true;
 
-	assert(TimeoutMonitor::IsActive() || in_destroy);
-	TimeoutMonitor::Cancel();
+	assert(mount_timeout_event.IsActive() || in_destroy);
+	mount_timeout_event.Cancel();
 
 	if (status < 0) {
 		auto e = FormatRuntimeError("nfs_mount_async() failed: %s",
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ NfsConnection::MountInternal()
 	postponed_mount_error = std::exception_ptr();
 	mount_finished = false;
 
-	TimeoutMonitor::Schedule(NFS_MOUNT_TIMEOUT);
+	mount_timeout_event.Schedule(NFS_MOUNT_TIMEOUT);
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 	in_service = false;
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ NfsConnection::BroadcastError(std::exception_ptr &&e)
 }
 
 void
-NfsConnection::OnTimeout()
+NfsConnection::OnMountTimeout()
 {
 	assert(GetEventLoop().IsInside());
 	assert(!mount_finished);
diff --git a/src/lib/nfs/Connection.hxx b/src/lib/nfs/Connection.hxx
index 2374c47ca..2cb7cd841 100644
--- a/src/lib/nfs/Connection.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/nfs/Connection.hxx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "Cancellable.hxx"
 #include "event/SocketMonitor.hxx"
-#include "event/TimeoutMonitor.hxx"
+#include "event/TimerEvent.hxx"
 #include "event/DeferredMonitor.hxx"
 
 #include <string>
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class NfsLease;
 /**
  * An asynchronous connection to a NFS server.
  */
-class NfsConnection : SocketMonitor, TimeoutMonitor, DeferredMonitor {
+class NfsConnection : SocketMonitor, DeferredMonitor {
 	class CancellableCallback : public CancellablePointer<NfsCallback> {
 		NfsConnection &connection;
 
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ class NfsConnection : SocketMonitor, TimeoutMonitor, DeferredMonitor {
 		void Callback(int err, void *data);
 	};
 
+	TimerEvent mount_timeout_event;
+
 	std::string server, export_name;
 
 	nfs_context *context;
@@ -136,8 +138,9 @@ public:
 	gcc_nonnull_all
 	NfsConnection(EventLoop &_loop,
 		      const char *_server, const char *_export_name) noexcept
-		:SocketMonitor(_loop), TimeoutMonitor(_loop),
+		:SocketMonitor(_loop),
 		 DeferredMonitor(_loop),
+		 mount_timeout_event(_loop, BIND_THIS_METHOD(OnMountTimeout)),
 		 server(_server), export_name(_export_name),
 		 context(nullptr) {}
 
@@ -229,8 +232,8 @@ private:
 	/* virtual methods from SocketMonitor */
 	virtual bool OnSocketReady(unsigned flags) override;
 
-	/* virtual methods from TimeoutMonitor */
-	void OnTimeout() final;
+	/* callback for #mount_timeout_event */
+	void OnMountTimeout();
 
 	/* virtual methods from DeferredMonitor */
 	virtual void RunDeferred() override;