diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c b/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c
index 0c491667c464..a55396c1f8b2 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/xilinx-ams.c
@@ -531,14 +531,18 @@ static int ams_enable_single_channel(struct ams *ams, unsigned int offset)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* set single channel, sequencer off mode */
+	/* put sysmon in a soft reset to change the sequence */
 	ams_ps_update_reg(ams, AMS_REG_CONFIG1, AMS_CONF1_SEQ_MASK,
-			  AMS_CONF1_SEQ_SINGLE_CHANNEL);
+			  AMS_CONF1_SEQ_DEFAULT);
 
 	/* write the channel number */
 	ams_ps_update_reg(ams, AMS_REG_CONFIG0, AMS_CONF0_CHANNEL_NUM_MASK,
 			  channel_num);
 
+	/* set single channel, sequencer off mode */
+	ams_ps_update_reg(ams, AMS_REG_CONFIG1, AMS_CONF1_SEQ_MASK,
+			  AMS_CONF1_SEQ_SINGLE_CHANNEL);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -552,6 +556,8 @@ static int ams_read_vcc_reg(struct ams *ams, unsigned int offset, u32 *data)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* clear end-of-conversion flag, wait for next conversion to complete */
+	writel(expect, ams->base + AMS_ISR_1);
 	ret = readl_poll_timeout(ams->base + AMS_ISR_1, reg, (reg & expect),
 				 AMS_INIT_POLL_TIME_US, AMS_INIT_TIMEOUT_US);
 	if (ret)