diff --git a/drivers/iio/humidity/hts221.h b/drivers/iio/humidity/hts221.h
index 7d6771f7cf47..b2eb5abeaccd 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/humidity/hts221.h
+++ b/drivers/iio/humidity/hts221.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
 
-#define HTS221_DATA_SIZE	2
-
 enum hts221_sensor_type {
 	HTS221_SENSOR_H,
 	HTS221_SENSOR_T,
@@ -39,6 +37,11 @@ struct hts221_hw {
 
 	bool enabled;
 	u8 odr;
+	/* Ensure natural alignment of timestamp */
+	struct {
+		__le16 channels[2];
+		s64 ts __aligned(8);
+	} scan;
 };
 
 extern const struct dev_pm_ops hts221_pm_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/iio/humidity/hts221_buffer.c b/drivers/iio/humidity/hts221_buffer.c
index 81d50a861c22..49dcd36d8838 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/humidity/hts221_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/humidity/hts221_buffer.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ static const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops hts221_buffer_ops = {
 
 static irqreturn_t hts221_buffer_handler_thread(int irq, void *p)
 {
-	u8 buffer[ALIGN(2 * HTS221_DATA_SIZE, sizeof(s64)) + sizeof(s64)];
 	struct iio_poll_func *pf = p;
 	struct iio_dev *iio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
 	struct hts221_hw *hw = iio_priv(iio_dev);
@@ -172,18 +171,20 @@ static irqreturn_t hts221_buffer_handler_thread(int irq, void *p)
 	/* humidity data */
 	ch = &iio_dev->channels[HTS221_SENSOR_H];
 	err = regmap_bulk_read(hw->regmap, ch->address,
-			       buffer, HTS221_DATA_SIZE);
+			       &hw->scan.channels[0],
+			       sizeof(hw->scan.channels[0]));
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* temperature data */
 	ch = &iio_dev->channels[HTS221_SENSOR_T];
 	err = regmap_bulk_read(hw->regmap, ch->address,
-			       buffer + HTS221_DATA_SIZE, HTS221_DATA_SIZE);
+			       &hw->scan.channels[1],
+			       sizeof(hw->scan.channels[1]));
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(iio_dev, buffer,
+	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(iio_dev, &hw->scan,
 					   iio_get_time_ns(iio_dev));
 
 out: