diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c b/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
index 421a0a8a1379b74dd5847245533b99b9f5a892fa..db815bab79b4f3c95a78a076b14e8d8aae5a4789 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
@@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ static int mma8452_trigger_setup(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	indio_dev->trig = trig;
+	indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(trig);
 
 	return 0;
 }