diff --git a/drivers/iio/dac/ad7303.c b/drivers/iio/dac/ad7303.c
index 03edf046dec6..bff6bf697d9c 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/dac/ad7303.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/dac/ad7303.c
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ struct ad7303_state {
 
 	struct mutex lock;
 	/*
-	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) requires the
+	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) may require the
 	 * transfer buffers to live in their own cache lines.
 	 */
-	__be16 data ____cacheline_aligned;
+	__be16 data __aligned(IIO_DMA_MINALIGN);
 };
 
 static int ad7303_write(struct ad7303_state *st, unsigned int chan,