diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/iio.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/iio.tmpl
index 06bb53de5a47..98be322673da 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/iio.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/iio.tmpl
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@
     work together.
     </para>
     <sect2 id="iiotrigbufsetup"> <title> IIO triggered buffer setup</title>
-!Edrivers/iio/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
+!Edrivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
 !Finclude/linux/iio/iio.h iio_buffer_setup_ops
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
index b52c8a3b1360..3c6c6e28a60a 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
@@ -19,27 +19,7 @@ config IIO_BUFFER
 	  acquisition methods.
 
 if IIO_BUFFER
-
-config IIO_BUFFER_CB
-	tristate "IIO callback buffer used for push in-kernel interfaces"
-	help
-	  Should be selected by any drivers that do in-kernel push
-	  usage.  That is, those where the data is pushed to the consumer.
-
-config IIO_KFIFO_BUF
-	tristate "Industrial I/O buffering based on kfifo"
-	help
-	  A simple fifo based on kfifo.  Note that this currently provides
-	  no buffer events so it is up to userspace to work out how
-	  often to read from the buffer.
-
-config IIO_TRIGGERED_BUFFER
-	tristate
-	select IIO_TRIGGER
-	select IIO_KFIFO_BUF
-	help
-	  Provides helper functions for setting up triggered buffers.
-
+	source "drivers/iio/buffer/Kconfig"
 endif # IIO_BUFFER
 
 config IIO_TRIGGER
diff --git a/drivers/iio/Makefile b/drivers/iio/Makefile
index 09d8ec5d57d8..7ddb988338ec 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/iio/Makefile
@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@ industrialio-y := industrialio-core.o industrialio-event.o inkern.o
 industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER) += industrialio-buffer.o
 industrialio-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGER) += industrialio-trigger.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER_CB) += industrialio-buffer-cb.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGERED_BUFFER) += industrialio-triggered-buffer.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_KFIFO_BUF) += kfifo_buf.o
-
 obj-y += accel/
 obj-y += adc/
 obj-y += amplifiers/
+obj-y += buffer/
 obj-y += common/
 obj-y += dac/
 obj-y += gyro/
diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/buffer/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a7b2fd3699b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#
+# Industrial I/O generic buffer implementations
+#
+# When adding new entries keep the list in alphabetical order
+
+config IIO_BUFFER_CB
+	tristate "IIO callback buffer used for push in-kernel interfaces"
+	help
+	  Should be selected by any drivers that do in-kernel push
+	  usage.  That is, those where the data is pushed to the consumer.
+
+config IIO_KFIFO_BUF
+	tristate "Industrial I/O buffering based on kfifo"
+	help
+	  A simple fifo based on kfifo.  Note that this currently provides
+	  no buffer events so it is up to userspace to work out how
+	  often to read from the buffer.
+
+config IIO_TRIGGERED_BUFFER
+	tristate
+	select IIO_TRIGGER
+	select IIO_KFIFO_BUF
+	help
+	  Provides helper functions for setting up triggered buffers.
diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/Makefile b/drivers/iio/buffer/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d193b9a9123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#
+# Makefile for the industrial I/O buffer implementations
+#
+
+# When adding new entries keep the list in alphabetical order
+obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_BUFFER_CB) += industrialio-buffer-cb.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_TRIGGERED_BUFFER) += industrialio-triggered-buffer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IIO_KFIFO_BUF) += kfifo_buf.o
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer-cb.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-cb.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer-cb.c
rename to drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-buffer-cb.c
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/iio/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
rename to drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
diff --git a/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/kfifo_buf.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c
rename to drivers/iio/buffer/kfifo_buf.c