diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 33e2953cf021..27005ba4d09c 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -1507,8 +1507,6 @@ struct iio_dev *iio_device_alloc(struct device *parent, int sizeof_priv)
 		alloc_size = ALIGN(alloc_size, IIO_ALIGN);
 		alloc_size += sizeof_priv;
 	}
-	/* ensure 32-byte alignment of whole construct ? */
-	alloc_size += IIO_ALIGN - 1;
 
 	iio_dev_opaque = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!iio_dev_opaque)