diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 112225c0e486..e099517283be 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -845,12 +845,12 @@ static int iio_buffer_update_demux(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 				       indio_dev->masklength,
 				       in_ind + 1);
 		while (in_ind != out_ind) {
-			in_ind = find_next_bit(indio_dev->active_scan_mask,
-					       indio_dev->masklength,
-					       in_ind + 1);
 			length = iio_storage_bytes_for_si(indio_dev, in_ind);
 			/* Make sure we are aligned */
 			in_loc = roundup(in_loc, length) + length;
+			in_ind = find_next_bit(indio_dev->active_scan_mask,
+					       indio_dev->masklength,
+					       in_ind + 1);
 		}
 		length = iio_storage_bytes_for_si(indio_dev, in_ind);
 		out_loc = roundup(out_loc, length);