diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
index 9abcebf767b1..28fceac9f2f6 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
@@ -1339,8 +1339,6 @@ int st_accel_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 {
 	struct st_sensor_data *adata = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 	struct st_sensors_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(adata->dev);
-	struct iio_chan_spec *channels;
-	size_t channels_size;
 	int err;
 
 	indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
@@ -1351,15 +1349,9 @@ int st_accel_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 		return err;
 
 	adata->num_data_channels = ST_ACCEL_NUMBER_DATA_CHANNELS;
+	indio_dev->channels = adata->sensor_settings->ch;
 	indio_dev->num_channels = ST_SENSORS_NUMBER_ALL_CHANNELS;
 
-	channels_size = indio_dev->num_channels * sizeof(struct iio_chan_spec);
-	channels = devm_kmemdup(&indio_dev->dev,
-				adata->sensor_settings->ch,
-				channels_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!channels)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	/*
 	 * First try specific ACPI methods to retrieve orientation then try the
 	 * generic function.
@@ -1371,7 +1363,6 @@ int st_accel_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	indio_dev->channels = channels;
 	adata->current_fullscale = &adata->sensor_settings->fs.fs_avl[0];
 	adata->odr = adata->sensor_settings->odr.odr_avl[0].hz;