diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-trigger.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
index 918b0fd2b83e8e4a55fbc19f764d9325a4951075..46bd94ab7d911907ef41df8ece7368d4f695be18 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ struct iio_trigger *iio_trigger_find_by_name(const char *name, size_t len)
 	mutex_unlock(&iio_trigger_list_lock);
 
 	return found ? trig : NULL;
-};
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_trigger_find_by_name);
 
 void iio_trigger_poll(struct iio_trigger *trig)