diff --git a/drivers/iio/amplifiers/ad8366.c b/drivers/iio/amplifiers/ad8366.c
index 1134ae12e531..f2c2ea79a07f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/amplifiers/ad8366.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/amplifiers/ad8366.c
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ struct ad8366_state {
 	enum ad8366_type	type;
 	struct ad8366_info	*info;
 	/*
-	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) requires the
+	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) may require the
 	 * transfer buffers to live in their own cache lines.
 	 */
-	unsigned char		data[2] ____cacheline_aligned;
+	unsigned char		data[2] __aligned(IIO_DMA_MINALIGN);
 };
 
 static struct ad8366_info ad8366_infos[] = {