diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
index ebdb838d3a1c..9fabed47053d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
@@ -93,12 +93,7 @@ static void iio_dmaengine_buffer_abort(struct iio_dma_buffer_queue *queue)
 	struct dmaengine_buffer *dmaengine_buffer =
 		iio_buffer_to_dmaengine_buffer(&queue->buffer);
 
-	dmaengine_terminate_all(dmaengine_buffer->chan);
-	/* FIXME: There is a slight chance of a race condition here.
-	 * dmaengine_terminate_all() does not guarantee that all transfer
-	 * callbacks have finished running. Need to introduce a
-	 * dmaengine_terminate_all_sync().
-	 */
+	dmaengine_terminate_sync(dmaengine_buffer->chan);
 	iio_dma_buffer_block_list_abort(queue, &dmaengine_buffer->active);
 }