diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel.h b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel.h
index 5d356288e001..181ebe79c4eb 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel.h
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel.h
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@ enum st_accel_type {
 #define LIS2DE12_ACCEL_DEV_NAME		"lis2de12"
 #define LIS2HH12_ACCEL_DEV_NAME		"lis2hh12"
 
-/**
-* struct st_sensors_platform_data - default accel platform data
-* @drdy_int_pin: default accel DRDY is available on INT1 pin.
-*/
-static __maybe_unused const struct st_sensors_platform_data default_accel_pdata = {
-	.drdy_int_pin = 1,
-};
-
 const struct st_sensor_settings *st_accel_get_settings(const char *name);
 int st_accel_common_probe(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 void st_accel_common_remove(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
index 43c50167d220..a1bd7e3b912e 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
@@ -983,6 +983,11 @@ static const struct st_sensor_settings st_accel_sensors_settings[] = {
 
 };
 
+/* Default accel DRDY is available on INT1 pin */
+static const struct st_sensors_platform_data default_accel_pdata = {
+	.drdy_int_pin = 1,
+};
+
 static int st_accel_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 			struct iio_chan_spec const *ch, int *val,
 							int *val2, long mask)