diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c b/drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c
index bff5161a36ce7f62487bd54a7c0ab2a22acb672e..eb8a3229a9d690c34aa8ac47a16e9c0f951f180d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ static int kxcjk1013_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		iio_trigger_set_drvdata(trig, indio_dev);
 		data->trig = trig;
 		indio_dev->trig = trig;
+		iio_trigger_get(indio_dev->trig);
 
 		ret = iio_trigger_register(trig);
 		if (ret)