diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
index a3333c215339..2f9396745bc8 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
@@ -1377,8 +1377,7 @@ int st_lsm6dsx_check_odr(struct st_lsm6dsx_sensor *sensor, u16 odr, u8 *val)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	*val = odr_table->odr_avl[i].val;
-
-	return 0;
+	return odr_table->odr_avl[i].hz;
 }
 
 static u16 st_lsm6dsx_check_odr_dependency(struct st_lsm6dsx_hw *hw, u16 odr,
@@ -1542,8 +1541,10 @@ static int st_lsm6dsx_write_raw(struct iio_dev *iio_dev,
 	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SAMP_FREQ: {
 		u8 data;
 
-		err = st_lsm6dsx_check_odr(sensor, val, &data);
-		if (!err)
+		val = st_lsm6dsx_check_odr(sensor, val, &data);
+		if (val < 0)
+			err = val;
+		else
 			sensor->odr = val;
 		break;
 	}