diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1015.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1015.c
index 871690a47661..7929891f568e 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1015.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ti-ads1015.c
@@ -388,10 +388,14 @@ static irqreturn_t ads1015_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	struct iio_poll_func *pf = p;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
 	struct ads1015_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	s16 buf[8]; /* 1x s16 ADC val + 3x s16 padding +  4x s16 timestamp */
+	/* Ensure natural alignment of timestamp */
+	struct {
+		s16 chan;
+		s64 timestamp __aligned(8);
+	} scan;
 	int chan, ret, res;
 
-	memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+	memset(&scan, 0, sizeof(scan));
 
 	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
 	chan = find_first_bit(indio_dev->active_scan_mask,
@@ -402,10 +406,10 @@ static irqreturn_t ads1015_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	buf[0] = res;
+	scan.chan = res;
 	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
 
-	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, buf,
+	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, &scan,
 					   iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
 
 err: