diff --git a/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-hrtimer.c b/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-hrtimer.c
index a5e670726717..58c1c30d5612 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-hrtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-hrtimer.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int iio_trig_hrtimer_set_state(struct iio_trigger *trig, bool state)
 
 	if (state)
 		hrtimer_start(&trig_info->timer, trig_info->period,
-			      HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+			      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
 	else
 		hrtimer_cancel(&trig_info->timer);
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static struct iio_sw_trigger *iio_trig_hrtimer_probe(const char *name)
 	trig_info->swt.trigger->ops = &iio_hrtimer_trigger_ops;
 	trig_info->swt.trigger->dev.groups = iio_hrtimer_attr_groups;
 
-	hrtimer_init(&trig_info->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
+	hrtimer_init(&trig_info->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_HARD);
 	trig_info->timer.function = iio_hrtimer_trig_handler;
 
 	trig_info->sampling_frequency = HRTIMER_DEFAULT_SAMPLING_FREQUENCY;