diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/st_uvis25.h b/drivers/iio/light/st_uvis25.h
index 78bc56aad129..283086887caf 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/st_uvis25.h
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/st_uvis25.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ struct st_uvis25_hw {
 	struct iio_trigger *trig;
 	bool enabled;
 	int irq;
+	/* Ensure timestamp is naturally aligned */
+	struct {
+		u8 chan;
+		s64 ts __aligned(8);
+	} scan;
 };
 
 extern const struct dev_pm_ops st_uvis25_pm_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/st_uvis25_core.c b/drivers/iio/light/st_uvis25_core.c
index a18a82e6bbf5..1055594b2276 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/st_uvis25_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/st_uvis25_core.c
@@ -232,17 +232,19 @@ static const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops st_uvis25_buffer_ops = {
 
 static irqreturn_t st_uvis25_buffer_handler_thread(int irq, void *p)
 {
-	u8 buffer[ALIGN(sizeof(u8), sizeof(s64)) + sizeof(s64)];
 	struct iio_poll_func *pf = p;
 	struct iio_dev *iio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
 	struct st_uvis25_hw *hw = iio_priv(iio_dev);
+	unsigned int val;
 	int err;
 
-	err = regmap_read(hw->regmap, ST_UVIS25_REG_OUT_ADDR, (int *)buffer);
+	err = regmap_read(hw->regmap, ST_UVIS25_REG_OUT_ADDR, &val);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(iio_dev, buffer,
+	hw->scan.chan = val;
+
+	iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(iio_dev, &hw->scan,
 					   iio_get_time_ns(iio_dev));
 
 out: