diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7266.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7266.c
index 98648c679a55..2ace3aafe497 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7266.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7266.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct ad7266_state {
 	 */
 	struct {
 		__be16 sample[2];
-		s64 timestamp;
+		aligned_s64 timestamp;
 	} data __aligned(IIO_DMA_MINALIGN);
 };