diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
index f85734d212bb..ce6a7b1b8860 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ struct bfin_tmr_state {
 static ssize_t iio_bfin_tmr_frequency_store(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	struct iio_trigger *trig = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct iio_trigger *trig = to_iio_trigger(dev);
 	struct bfin_tmr_state *st = trig->private_data;
 	long val;
 	int ret;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_bfin_tmr_frequency_show(struct device *dev,
 				 struct device_attribute *attr,
 				 char *buf)
 {
-	struct iio_trigger *trig = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct iio_trigger *trig = to_iio_trigger(dev);
 	struct bfin_tmr_state *st = trig->private_data;
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%lu\n",
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-periodic-rtc.c b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-periodic-rtc.c
index 9f2d055524a3..4ceaa18ef9f4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-periodic-rtc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-periodic-rtc.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_trig_periodic_read_freq(struct device *dev,
 					   struct device_attribute *attr,
 					   char *buf)
 {
-	struct iio_trigger *trig = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct iio_trigger *trig = to_iio_trigger(dev);
 	struct iio_prtc_trigger_info *trig_info = trig->private_data;
 	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", trig_info->frequency);
 }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static ssize_t iio_trig_periodic_write_freq(struct device *dev,
 					    const char *buf,
 					    size_t len)
 {
-	struct iio_trigger *trig = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct iio_trigger *trig = to_iio_trigger(dev);
 	struct iio_prtc_trigger_info *trig_info = trig->private_data;
 	unsigned long val;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c
index 552763bb3d4c..fee474648108 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static struct device iio_sysfs_trig_dev = {
 static ssize_t iio_sysfs_trigger_poll(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	struct iio_trigger *trig = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct iio_trigger *trig = to_iio_trigger(dev);
 	iio_trigger_poll_chained(trig, 0);
 
 	return count;