diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/buffer.h b/drivers/staging/iio/buffer.h
index df2046dcb623..3d3ea9ed53de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/buffer.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/buffer.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct iio_buffer_access_funcs {
  * @scan_el_attrs:	[DRIVER] control of scan elements if that scan mode
  *			control method is used
  * @scan_mask:		[INTERN] bitmask used in masking scan mode elements
- * @scan_index_timestamp:[INTERN] cache of the index to the timestamp
  * @scan_timestamp:	[INTERN] does the scan mode include a timestamp
  * @access:		[DRIVER] buffer access functions associated with the
  *			implementation.
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ struct iio_buffer {
 	struct attribute_group			*scan_el_attrs;
 	long					*scan_mask;
 	bool					scan_timestamp;
-	unsigned				scan_index_timestamp;
 	const struct iio_buffer_access_funcs	*access;
 	struct list_head			scan_el_dev_attr_list;
 	struct attribute_group			scan_el_group;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/iio.h b/drivers/staging/iio/iio.h
index a56276338343..6832c98b3a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/iio.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/iio.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ struct iio_buffer_setup_ops {
  * @masklength:		[INTERN] the length of the mask established from
  *			channels
  * @active_scan_mask:	[INTERN] union of all scan masks requested by buffers
+ * @scan_index_timestamp:[INTERN] cache of the index to the timestamp
  * @trig:		[INTERN] current device trigger (buffer modes)
  * @pollfunc:		[DRIVER] function run on trigger being received
  * @channels:		[DRIVER] channel specification structure table
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ struct iio_dev {
 	const unsigned long		*available_scan_masks;
 	unsigned			masklength;
 	const unsigned long		*active_scan_mask;
+	unsigned			scan_index_timestamp;
 	struct iio_trigger		*trig;
 	struct iio_poll_func		*pollfunc;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 389fe16872b4..03591619c74f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int iio_buffer_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 				goto error_cleanup_dynamic;
 			attrcount += ret;
 			if (channels[i].type == IIO_TIMESTAMP)
-				buffer->scan_index_timestamp =
+				indio_dev->scan_index_timestamp =
 					channels[i].scan_index;
 		}
 		if (indio_dev->masklength && buffer->scan_mask == NULL) {
@@ -525,8 +525,7 @@ static int iio_compute_scan_bytes(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, const long *mask,
 	}
 	if (timestamp) {
 		ch = iio_find_channel_from_si(indio_dev,
-					      indio_dev
-					      ->buffer->scan_index_timestamp);
+					      indio_dev->scan_index_timestamp);
 		length = ch->scan_type.storagebits / 8;
 		bytes = ALIGN(bytes, length);
 		bytes += length;
@@ -721,7 +720,7 @@ int iio_update_demux(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 			goto error_clear_mux_table;
 		}
 		ch = iio_find_channel_from_si(indio_dev,
-			buffer->scan_index_timestamp);
+			indio_dev->scan_index_timestamp);
 		length = ch->scan_type.storagebits/8;
 		if (out_loc % length)
 			out_loc += length - out_loc % length;