diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/iio/Kconfig
index 6d5b38d69578..9d7f0004d2d7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/Kconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ source "drivers/staging/iio/resolver/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/staging/iio/trigger/Kconfig"
 
 config IIO_DUMMY_EVGEN
-       tristate
+	tristate
+	select IRQ_WORK
 
 config IIO_SIMPLE_DUMMY
        tristate "An example driver with no hardware requirements"