diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
index a2837a0e7cba..2c01963a6a5c 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ static int at91_adc_configure_trigger(struct iio_trigger *trig, bool state)
 
 	for_each_set_bit(bit, indio->active_scan_mask, indio->num_channels) {
 		struct iio_chan_spec const *chan = at91_adc_chan_get(indio, bit);
+		u32 cor;
 
 		if (!chan)
 			continue;
@@ -731,6 +732,20 @@ static int at91_adc_configure_trigger(struct iio_trigger *trig, bool state)
 		    chan->type == IIO_PRESSURE)
 			continue;
 
+		if (state) {
+			cor = at91_adc_readl(st, AT91_SAMA5D2_COR);
+
+			if (chan->differential)
+				cor |= (BIT(chan->channel) |
+					BIT(chan->channel2)) <<
+					AT91_SAMA5D2_COR_DIFF_OFFSET;
+			else
+				cor &= ~(BIT(chan->channel) <<
+				       AT91_SAMA5D2_COR_DIFF_OFFSET);
+
+			at91_adc_writel(st, AT91_SAMA5D2_COR, cor);
+		}
+
 		if (state) {
 			at91_adc_writel(st, AT91_SAMA5D2_CHER,
 					BIT(chan->channel));