diff --git a/drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c b/drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c
index 7ecd2ffa3132..665eb7e38293 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/humidity/hdc100x.c
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ struct hdc100x_data {
 
 	/* integration time of the sensor */
 	int adc_int_us[2];
+	/* Ensure natural alignment of timestamp */
+	struct {
+		__be16 channels[2];
+		s64 ts __aligned(8);
+	} scan;
 };
 
 /* integration time in us */
@@ -322,7 +327,6 @@ static irqreturn_t hdc100x_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	struct i2c_client *client = data->client;
 	int delay = data->adc_int_us[0] + data->adc_int_us[1];
 	int ret;
-	s16 buf[8];  /* 2x s16 + padding + 8 byte timestamp */
 
 	/* dual read starts at temp register */
 	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
@@ -333,13 +337,13 @@ static irqreturn_t hdc100x_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	}
 	usleep_range(delay, delay + 1000);
 
-	ret = i2c_master_recv(client, (u8 *)buf, 4);
+	ret = i2c_master_recv(client, (u8 *)data->scan.channels, 4);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "cannot read sensor data\n");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, buf,
+	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, &data->scan,
 					   iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
 err:
 	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);