diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
index 4fc654275155..4b7f2b8a9758 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@ struct ltc2983_data {
 	u8 num_channels;
 	u8 iio_channels;
 	/*
-	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) requires the
+	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) may require the
 	 * transfer buffers to live in their own cache lines.
 	 * Holds the converted temperature
 	 */
-	__be32 temp ____cacheline_aligned;
+	__be32 temp __aligned(IIO_DMA_MINALIGN);
 };
 
 struct ltc2983_sensor {