diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c
index 801afb61310b..d4bbe5b53318 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7793.c
@@ -348,55 +348,6 @@ static const u16 ad7793_sample_freq_avail[16] = {0, 470, 242, 123, 62, 50, 39,
 static const u16 ad7797_sample_freq_avail[16] = {0, 0, 0, 123, 62, 50, 0,
 					33, 0, 17, 16, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4};
 
-static ssize_t ad7793_read_frequency(struct device *dev,
-		struct device_attribute *attr,
-		char *buf)
-{
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
-	struct ad7793_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n",
-	       st->chip_info->sample_freq_avail[AD7793_MODE_RATE(st->mode)]);
-}
-
-static ssize_t ad7793_write_frequency(struct device *dev,
-		struct device_attribute *attr,
-		const char *buf,
-		size_t len)
-{
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = dev_to_iio_dev(dev);
-	struct ad7793_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	long lval;
-	int i, ret;
-
-	ret = kstrtol(buf, 10, &lval);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	if (lval == 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-		if (lval == st->chip_info->sample_freq_avail[i])
-			break;
-	if (i == 16)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ret = iio_device_claim_direct_mode(indio_dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-	st->mode &= ~AD7793_MODE_RATE(-1);
-	st->mode |= AD7793_MODE_RATE(i);
-	ad_sd_write_reg(&st->sd, AD7793_REG_MODE, sizeof(st->mode), st->mode);
-	iio_device_release_direct_mode(indio_dev);
-
-	return len;
-}
-
-static IIO_DEV_ATTR_SAMP_FREQ(S_IWUSR | S_IRUGO,
-		ad7793_read_frequency,
-		ad7793_write_frequency);
-
 static IIO_CONST_ATTR_SAMP_FREQ_AVAIL(
 	"470 242 123 62 50 39 33 19 17 16 12 10 8 6 4");
 
@@ -424,7 +375,6 @@ static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR_NAMED(in_m_in_scale_available,
 		ad7793_show_scale_available, NULL, 0);
 
 static struct attribute *ad7793_attributes[] = {
-	&iio_dev_attr_sampling_frequency.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_const_attr_sampling_frequency_available.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_dev_attr_in_m_in_scale_available.dev_attr.attr,
 	NULL
@@ -435,7 +385,6 @@ static const struct attribute_group ad7793_attribute_group = {
 };
 
 static struct attribute *ad7797_attributes[] = {
-	&iio_dev_attr_sampling_frequency.dev_attr.attr,
 	&iio_const_attr_sampling_frequency_available_ad7797.dev_attr.attr,
 	NULL
 };
@@ -505,6 +454,10 @@ static int ad7793_read_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 			*val -= offset;
 		}
 		return IIO_VAL_INT;
+	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SAMP_FREQ:
+		*val = st->chip_info
+			       ->sample_freq_avail[AD7793_MODE_RATE(st->mode)];
+		return IIO_VAL_INT;
 	}
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
@@ -542,6 +495,26 @@ static int ad7793_write_raw(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 				break;
 			}
 		break;
+	case IIO_CHAN_INFO_SAMP_FREQ:
+		if (!val) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
+			if (val == st->chip_info->sample_freq_avail[i])
+				break;
+
+		if (i == 16) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		st->mode &= ~AD7793_MODE_RATE(-1);
+		st->mode |= AD7793_MODE_RATE(i);
+		ad_sd_write_reg(&st->sd, AD7793_REG_MODE, sizeof(st->mode),
+				st->mode);
+		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}