diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_buffer.c b/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_buffer.c
index d06e728cea37..fe7775bb3740 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_buffer.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ irqreturn_t st_sensors_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	 * the hardware trigger) and the hw_timestamp may get updated.
 	 * By storing it in a local variable first, we are safe.
 	 */
-	if (sdata->hw_irq_trigger)
+	if (iio_trigger_using_own(indio_dev))
 		timestamp = sdata->hw_timestamp;
 	else
 		timestamp = iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev);