diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
index ba5bc679204f5cd023031545ed286e8f3786f260..a29dfd27d4408623458eb83ee3790fa7b44b409f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static int __devinit lis3l02dq_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	}
 	st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 	/* this is only used tor removal purposes */
-	spi_set_drvdata(spi, st);
+	spi_set_drvdata(spi, indio_dev);
 
 	st->us = spi;
 	mutex_init(&st->buf_lock);