diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-prox.c b/drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-prox.c
index 88f21bbe947c..36a2de35e525 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-prox.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/hid-sensor-prox.c
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ static int hid_prox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
 	struct prox_state *prox_state;
 	struct hid_sensor_hub_device *hsdev = pdev->dev.platform_data;
-	struct iio_chan_spec *channels;
 
 	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(&pdev->dev,
 				sizeof(struct prox_state));
@@ -269,20 +268,21 @@ static int hid_prox_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	channels = kmemdup(prox_channels, sizeof(prox_channels), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!channels) {
+	indio_dev->channels = kmemdup(prox_channels, sizeof(prox_channels),
+				      GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!indio_dev->channels) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to duplicate channels\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	ret = prox_parse_report(pdev, hsdev, channels,
+	ret = prox_parse_report(pdev, hsdev,
+				(struct iio_chan_spec *)indio_dev->channels,
 				HID_USAGE_SENSOR_PROX, prox_state);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to setup attributes\n");
 		goto error_free_dev_mem;
 	}
 
-	indio_dev->channels = channels;
 	indio_dev->num_channels =
 				ARRAY_SIZE(prox_channels);
 	indio_dev->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;