diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c b/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
index de85c9b30be1e9258f3ae4f768768af8fa07cafc..c13626548003504fc568ffe1d079b7134a9779f8 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/veml6030.c
@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ static const char * const period_values[] = {
 static ssize_t in_illuminance_period_available_show(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
+	struct veml6030_data *data = iio_priv(dev_to_iio_dev(dev));
 	int ret, reg, x;
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = i2c_get_clientdata(to_i2c_client(dev));
-	struct veml6030_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
 	ret = regmap_read(data->regmap, VEML6030_REG_ALS_CONF, &reg);
 	if (ret) {