diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/mxc4005.c b/drivers/iio/accel/mxc4005.c
index b3afbf064915..df600d2917c0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/mxc4005.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/mxc4005.c
@@ -456,8 +456,6 @@ static int mxc4005_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 		data->dready_trig->ops = &mxc4005_trigger_ops;
 		iio_trigger_set_drvdata(data->dready_trig, indio_dev);
-		indio_dev->trig = data->dready_trig;
-		iio_trigger_get(indio_dev->trig);
 		ret = devm_iio_trigger_register(&client->dev,
 						data->dready_trig);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -465,6 +463,8 @@ static int mxc4005_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 				"failed to register trigger\n");
 			return ret;
 		}
+
+		indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(data->dready_trig);
 	}
 
 	return devm_iio_device_register(&client->dev, indio_dev);