diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc084s021.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc084s021.c
index bdedf456ee05..fc053216d282 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc084s021.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-adc084s021.c
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ struct adc084s021 {
 	struct spi_transfer spi_trans;
 	struct regulator *reg;
 	struct mutex lock;
+	/* Buffer used to align data */
+	struct {
+		__be16 channels[4];
+		s64 ts __aligned(8);
+	} scan;
 	/*
 	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) requires the
 	 * transfer buffers to live in their own cache line.
@@ -140,14 +145,13 @@ static irqreturn_t adc084s021_buffer_trigger_handler(int irq, void *pollfunc)
 	struct iio_poll_func *pf = pollfunc;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
 	struct adc084s021 *adc = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	__be16 data[8] = {0}; /* 4 * 16-bit words of data + 8 bytes timestamp */
 
 	mutex_lock(&adc->lock);
 
-	if (adc084s021_adc_conversion(adc, &data) < 0)
+	if (adc084s021_adc_conversion(adc, adc->scan.channels) < 0)
 		dev_err(&adc->spi->dev, "Failed to read data\n");
 
-	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, data,
+	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, &adc->scan,
 					   iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
 	mutex_unlock(&adc->lock);
 	iio_trigger_notify_done(indio_dev->trig);