diff --git a/include/linux/iio/common/st_sensors.h b/include/linux/iio/common/st_sensors.h
index db4a1b260348..c34e648f07e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/common/st_sensors.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/common/st_sensors.h
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ struct st_sensor_data {
 	bool hw_irq_trigger;
 	s64 hw_timestamp;
 
-	char buffer_data[ST_SENSORS_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE] ____cacheline_aligned;
-
 	struct mutex odr_lock;
+
+	char buffer_data[ST_SENSORS_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE] __aligned(IIO_DMA_MINALIGN);
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER