diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c b/drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c
index e0251b8c1a52..5355507f8fa1 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/bmi160/bmi160_core.c
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ static irqreturn_t bmi160_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	struct iio_poll_func *pf = p;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
 	struct bmi160_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	s16 buf[16]; /* 3 sens x 3 axis x s16 + 3 x s16 pad + 4 x s16 tstamp */
+	__le16 buf[16];
+	/* 3 sens x 3 axis x __le16 + 3 x __le16 pad + 4 x __le16 tstamp */
 	int i, ret, j = 0, base = BMI160_REG_DATA_MAGN_XOUT_L;
 	__le16 sample;