diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
index 58d1d13d552ae8cf336061f93603e4dd07b222ac..211b13271c61566c5d3f3d4e9990bcd3c7470823 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ int st_accel_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
 	indio_dev->info = &accel_info;
+	mutex_init(&adata->tb.buf_lock);
 
 	st_sensors_power_enable(indio_dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c b/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c
index edd13d2b4121f7834c2e90eaca02e7a4f70c51b7..8dd0477e201c192bed10a8c5384f012bfe083ff8 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/st_sensors/st_sensors_core.c
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ int st_sensors_init_sensor(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	struct st_sensors_platform_data *of_pdata;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	mutex_init(&sdata->tb.buf_lock);
-
 	/* If OF/DT pdata exists, it will take precedence of anything else */
 	of_pdata = st_sensors_of_probe(indio_dev->dev.parent, pdata);
 	if (of_pdata)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/gyro/st_gyro_core.c b/drivers/iio/gyro/st_gyro_core.c
index 21395f26d2276548567dfd118f37c22087a0d1ce..ffe96642b6d049569d73356a1df541782657a912 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/gyro/st_gyro_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/gyro/st_gyro_core.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ int st_gyro_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
 	indio_dev->info = &gyro_info;
+	mutex_init(&gdata->tb.buf_lock);
 
 	st_sensors_power_enable(indio_dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_core.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_core.c
index 8ade473f99fee3ab35cb224eab0f69afebe2bf70..2e56f812a644d67a73f0e9bdccd0992c39777a25 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/st_magn_core.c
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ int st_magn_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
 	indio_dev->info = &magn_info;
+	mutex_init(&mdata->tb.buf_lock);
 
 	st_sensors_power_enable(indio_dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c b/drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c
index 97baf40d424bd599687b124062081364f94b487e..e881fa6291e9228a56cc0a7f3d6cf3ee51621855 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/pressure/st_pressure_core.c
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ int st_press_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 
 	indio_dev->modes = INDIO_DIRECT_MODE;
 	indio_dev->info = &press_info;
+	mutex_init(&press_data->tb.buf_lock);
 
 	st_sensors_power_enable(indio_dev);