diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
index 8115b6de1d6c..dd3d54b3bc8b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ int ad_sd_write_reg(struct ad_sigma_delta *sigma_delta, unsigned int reg,
 
 	switch (size) {
 	case 3:
-		data[1] = val >> 16;
-		data[2] = val >> 8;
-		data[3] = val;
+		put_unaligned_be24(val, &data[1]);
 		break;
 	case 2:
 		put_unaligned_be16(val, &data[1]);
@@ -157,9 +155,7 @@ int ad_sd_read_reg(struct ad_sigma_delta *sigma_delta,
 		*val = get_unaligned_be32(sigma_delta->data);
 		break;
 	case 3:
-		*val = (sigma_delta->data[0] << 16) |
-			(sigma_delta->data[1] << 8) |
-			sigma_delta->data[2];
+		*val = get_unaligned_be24(&sigma_delta->data[0]);
 		break;
 	case 2:
 		*val = get_unaligned_be16(sigma_delta->data);