diff --git a/drivers/iio/dac/ad5421.c b/drivers/iio/dac/ad5421.c
index 1f78b14abb7dc684e44e159816376181f591e070..567c4bd546e5a5b35195b1a2649736a9bc2e88b7 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/dac/ad5421.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/dac/ad5421.c
@@ -281,18 +281,11 @@ static inline unsigned int ad5421_get_offset(struct ad5421_state *st)
 	return (min * (1 << 16)) / (max - min);
 }
 
-static inline unsigned int ad5421_get_scale(struct ad5421_state *st)
-{
-	unsigned int min, max;
-
-	ad5421_get_current_min_max(st, &min, &max);
-	return ((max - min) * 1000) / (1 << 16);
-}
-
 static int ad5421_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	struct iio_chan_spec const *chan, int *val, int *val2, long m)
 {
 	struct ad5421_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
+	unsigned int min, max;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (chan->type != IIO_CURRENT)
@@ -306,9 +299,10 @@ static int ad5421_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		*val = ret;
 		return IIO_VAL_INT;
 	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE:
-		*val = 0;
-		*val2 = ad5421_get_scale(st);
-		return IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO;
+		ad5421_get_current_min_max(st, &min, &max);
+		*val = max - min;
+		*val2 = (1 << 16) * 1000;
+		return IIO_VAL_FRACTIONAL;
 	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_OFFSET:
 		*val = ad5421_get_offset(st);
 		return IIO_VAL_INT;