diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 1d950a3e153b..cec58a604d73 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ int iio_buffers_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	channels = indio_dev->channels;
 	if (channels) {
-		int ml = indio_dev->masklength;
+		int ml = 0;
 
 		for (i = 0; i < indio_dev->num_channels; i++)
 			ml = max(ml, channels[i].scan_index + 1);