diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
index b129693af0fd..94da3b1ca3a2 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-dmaengine.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_dmaengine_buffer_get_length_align(struct device *dev,
 	struct dmaengine_buffer *dmaengine_buffer =
 		iio_buffer_to_dmaengine_buffer(indio_dev->buffer);
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", dmaengine_buffer->align);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%zu\n", dmaengine_buffer->align);
 }
 
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(length_align_bytes, 0444,