diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
index 99421f90d189..0485d7f39867 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843.c
@@ -451,7 +451,12 @@ static irqreturn_t hmc5843_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 		.info_mask_shared_by_type = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SCALE) |	\
 			BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_SAMP_FREQ),			\
 		.scan_index = idx,					\
-		.scan_type = IIO_ST('s', 16, 16, IIO_BE),		\
+		.scan_type = {						\
+			.sign = 's',					\
+			.realbits = 16,					\
+			.storagebits = 16,				\
+			.endianness = IIO_BE,				\
+		},							\
 	}
 
 static const struct iio_chan_spec hmc5843_channels[] = {