diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/ring_generic.h b/drivers/staging/iio/ring_generic.h
index abd52ea93a7baa364b78f7da0ab935a7e755b5f9..6975722616fa6296745645dfa65484c1837c70f8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/ring_generic.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/ring_generic.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ ssize_t iio_scan_el_ts_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
  **/
 #define IIO_SCAN_EL_TIMESTAMP(number)				\
 	struct iio_scan_el iio_scan_el_timestamp = {		\
-		.dev_attr = __ATTR(_timestamp_en,		\
+		.dev_attr = __ATTR(timestamp_en,		\
 				   S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,		\
 				   iio_scan_el_ts_show,		\
 				   iio_scan_el_ts_store),	\