diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/generic_buffer.c b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/generic_buffer.c
index de4647e2495e..59b250545d4c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/generic_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Documentation/generic_buffer.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void print2byte(int input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
 	 * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
 	 * of left aligned data
 	 */
-	input = input >> info->shift;
+	input >>= info->shift;
 	if (info->is_signed) {
 		int16_t val = input;