diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
index b23caa2f2aa1..d3bdc9800b4a 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
@@ -162,6 +162,39 @@ static struct iio_trigger *iio_trigger_acquire_by_name(const char *name)
 	return trig;
 }
 
+static void iio_reenable_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct iio_trigger *trig = container_of(work, struct iio_trigger,
+						reenable_work);
+
+	/*
+	 * This 'might' occur after the trigger state is set to disabled -
+	 * in that case the driver should skip reenabling.
+	 */
+	trig->ops->reenable(trig);
+}
+
+/*
+ * In general, reenable callbacks may need to sleep and this path is
+ * not performance sensitive, so just queue up a work item
+ * to reneable the trigger for us.
+ *
+ * Races that can cause this.
+ * 1) A handler occurs entirely in interrupt context so the counter
+ *    the final decrement is still in this interrupt.
+ * 2) The trigger has been removed, but one last interrupt gets through.
+ *
+ * For (1) we must call reenable, but not in atomic context.
+ * For (2) it should be safe to call reenanble, if drivers never blindly
+ * reenable after state is off.
+ */
+static void iio_trigger_notify_done_atomic(struct iio_trigger *trig)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&trig->use_count) && trig->ops &&
+	    trig->ops->reenable)
+		schedule_work(&trig->reenable_work);
+}
+
 void iio_trigger_poll(struct iio_trigger *trig)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -173,7 +206,7 @@ void iio_trigger_poll(struct iio_trigger *trig)
 			if (trig->subirqs[i].enabled)
 				generic_handle_irq(trig->subirq_base + i);
 			else
-				iio_trigger_notify_done(trig);
+				iio_trigger_notify_done_atomic(trig);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -535,6 +568,7 @@ struct iio_trigger *viio_trigger_alloc(struct device *parent,
 	trig->dev.type = &iio_trig_type;
 	trig->dev.bus = &iio_bus_type;
 	device_initialize(&trig->dev);
+	INIT_WORK(&trig->reenable_work, iio_reenable_work_fn);
 
 	mutex_init(&trig->pool_lock);
 	trig->subirq_base = irq_alloc_descs(-1, 0,
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/trigger.h b/include/linux/iio/trigger.h
index 096f68dd2e0c..4c69b144677b 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/trigger.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/trigger.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct iio_trigger_ops {
  * @attached_own_device:[INTERN] if we are using our own device as trigger,
  *			i.e. if we registered a poll function to the same
  *			device as the one providing the trigger.
+ * @reenable_work:	[INTERN] work item used to ensure reenable can sleep.
  **/
 struct iio_trigger {
 	const struct iio_trigger_ops	*ops;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ struct iio_trigger {
 	unsigned long pool[BITS_TO_LONGS(CONFIG_IIO_CONSUMERS_PER_TRIGGER)];
 	struct mutex			pool_lock;
 	bool				attached_own_device;
+	struct work_struct		reenable_work;
 };