diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c b/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
index 08cb814c36da..90d4179e8c3d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ struct mma8452_data {
 	u8 ctrl_reg1;
 	u8 data_cfg;
 	const struct mma_chip_info *chip_info;
+
+	/* Ensure correct alignment of time stamp when present */
+	struct {
+		__be16 channels[3];
+		s64 ts __aligned(8);
+	} buffer;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -985,14 +991,13 @@ static irqreturn_t mma8452_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	struct iio_poll_func *pf = p;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
 	struct mma8452_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	u8 buffer[16]; /* 3 16-bit channels + padding + ts */
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = mma8452_read(data, (__be16 *)buffer);
+	ret = mma8452_read(data, data->buffer.channels);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto done;
 
-	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, buffer,
+	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, &data->buffer,
 					   iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
 
 done: