diff --git a/drivers/iio/dac/cio-dac.c b/drivers/iio/dac/cio-dac.c
index 5a743e2a779d93bf6bef457c3217b32fcefcff91..a0464227a3a0dfb9153f8c285332587f8c2c395f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/dac/cio-dac.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/dac/cio-dac.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ static int cio_dac_probe(struct device *dev, unsigned int id)
 	indio_dev->channels = cio_dac_channels;
 	indio_dev->num_channels = CIO_DAC_NUM_CHAN;
 	indio_dev->name = dev_name(dev);
+	indio_dev->dev.parent = dev;
 
 	priv = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 	priv->base = base[id];