diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
index ea15bc1c300c..197201a70d59 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/light/tsl2x7x_core.c
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ void tsl2x7x_prox_calculate(int *data, int length,
 		tmp = data[i] - statP->mean;
 		sample_sum += tmp * tmp;
 	}
-	statP->stddev = int_sqrt((long)sample_sum) / length;
+	statP->stddev = int_sqrt((long)sample_sum / length);
 }
 
 /**