diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
index 57e1eb23c45d12217fe50363db649ab82c39d3c7..bc5b38e3a147e6559e4863bfc39e21115648d7b9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int at91_adc_buffer_init(struct iio_dev *indio)
 static unsigned at91_adc_startup_time(unsigned startup_time_min,
 				      unsigned adc_clk_khz)
 {
-	const unsigned startup_lookup[] = {
+	static const unsigned int startup_lookup[] = {
 		  0,   8,  16,  24,
 		 64,  80,  96, 112,
 		512, 576, 640, 704,