diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
index 1b3a15bc75fe..d0732eac0f0a 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-event.c
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ static const char * const iio_ev_info_text[] = {
 	[IIO_EV_INFO_PERIOD] = "period",
 	[IIO_EV_INFO_HIGH_PASS_FILTER_3DB] = "high_pass_filter_3db",
 	[IIO_EV_INFO_LOW_PASS_FILTER_3DB] = "low_pass_filter_3db",
+	[IIO_EV_INFO_TIMEOUT] = "timeout",
 };
 
 static enum iio_event_direction iio_ev_attr_dir(struct iio_dev_attr *attr)
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/types.h b/include/linux/iio/types.h
index 5aa7f66d4345..84b3f8175cc6 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/types.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ enum iio_event_info {
 	IIO_EV_INFO_PERIOD,
 	IIO_EV_INFO_HIGH_PASS_FILTER_3DB,
 	IIO_EV_INFO_LOW_PASS_FILTER_3DB,
+	IIO_EV_INFO_TIMEOUT,
 };
 
 #define IIO_VAL_INT 1