diff --git a/drivers/iio/gyro/fxas21002c_core.c b/drivers/iio/gyro/fxas21002c_core.c
index 0923fd793492..a36d71d9e3ea 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/gyro/fxas21002c_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/gyro/fxas21002c_core.c
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ struct fxas21002c_data {
 	struct regulator *vddio;
 
 	/*
-	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) requires the
-	 * transfer buffers to live in their own cache lines.
+	 * DMA (thus cache coherency maintenance) may require the
+	 * transfer buffers live in their own cache lines.
 	 */
-	s16 buffer[8] ____cacheline_aligned;
+	s16 buffer[8] __aligned(IIO_DMA_MINALIGN);
 };
 
 enum fxas21002c_channel_index {