diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
index 3b4a0e60e605..8306daa77908 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
@@ -1376,13 +1376,6 @@ static int ltc2983_setup(struct ltc2983_data *st, bool assign_iio)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	st->iio_chan = devm_kzalloc(&st->spi->dev,
-				    st->iio_channels * sizeof(*st->iio_chan),
-				    GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!st->iio_chan)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	ret = regmap_update_bits(st->regmap, LTC2983_GLOBAL_CONFIG_REG,
 				 LTC2983_NOTCH_FREQ_MASK,
 				 LTC2983_NOTCH_FREQ(st->filter_notch_freq));
@@ -1494,6 +1487,12 @@ static int ltc2983_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	st->iio_chan = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev,
+				    st->iio_channels * sizeof(*st->iio_chan),
+				    GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!st->iio_chan)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ret = ltc2983_setup(st, true);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;