diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/max1027.c b/drivers/iio/adc/max1027.c
index 63652a64e5a8..4d996fb09d7d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/max1027.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/max1027.c
@@ -173,18 +173,53 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec max1231_channels[] = {
 	MAX1X31_CHANNELS(12),
 };
 
+/*
+ * These devices are able to scan from 0 to N, N being the highest voltage
+ * channel requested by the user. The temperature can be included or not,
+ * but cannot be retrieved alone. Based on the below
+ * ->available_scan_masks, the core will select the most appropriate
+ * ->active_scan_mask and the "minimum" number of channels will be
+ * scanned and pushed to the buffers.
+ *
+ * For example, if the user wants channels 1, 4 and 5, all channels from
+ * 0 to 5 will be scanned and pushed to the IIO buffers. The core will then
+ * filter out the unneeded samples based on the ->active_scan_mask that has
+ * been selected and only channels 1, 4 and 5 will be available to the user
+ * in the shared buffer.
+ */
+#define MAX1X27_SCAN_MASK_TEMP BIT(0)
+
+#define MAX1X27_SCAN_MASKS(temp)					\
+	GENMASK(1, 1 - (temp)), GENMASK(2, 1 - (temp)),			\
+	GENMASK(3, 1 - (temp)), GENMASK(4, 1 - (temp)),			\
+	GENMASK(5, 1 - (temp)), GENMASK(6, 1 - (temp)),			\
+	GENMASK(7, 1 - (temp)), GENMASK(8, 1 - (temp))
+
+#define MAX1X29_SCAN_MASKS(temp)					\
+	MAX1X27_SCAN_MASKS(temp),					\
+	GENMASK(9, 1 - (temp)), GENMASK(10, 1 - (temp)),		\
+	GENMASK(11, 1 - (temp)), GENMASK(12, 1 - (temp))
+
+#define MAX1X31_SCAN_MASKS(temp)					\
+	MAX1X29_SCAN_MASKS(temp),					\
+	GENMASK(13, 1 - (temp)), GENMASK(14, 1 - (temp)),		\
+	GENMASK(15, 1 - (temp)), GENMASK(16, 1 - (temp))
+
 static const unsigned long max1027_available_scan_masks[] = {
-	0x000001ff,
+	MAX1X27_SCAN_MASKS(0),
+	MAX1X27_SCAN_MASKS(1),
 	0x00000000,
 };
 
 static const unsigned long max1029_available_scan_masks[] = {
-	0x00001fff,
+	MAX1X29_SCAN_MASKS(0),
+	MAX1X29_SCAN_MASKS(1),
 	0x00000000,
 };
 
 static const unsigned long max1031_available_scan_masks[] = {
-	0x0001ffff,
+	MAX1X31_SCAN_MASKS(0),
+	MAX1X31_SCAN_MASKS(1),
 	0x00000000,
 };
 
@@ -369,9 +404,15 @@ static int max1027_set_trigger_state(struct iio_trigger *trig, bool state)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
 
-		/* Scan from 0 to max */
-		st->reg = MAX1027_CONV_REG | MAX1027_CHAN(0) |
-			  MAX1027_SCAN_N_M | MAX1027_TEMP;
+		/*
+		 * Scan from chan 0 to the highest requested channel.
+		 * Include temperature on demand.
+		 */
+		st->reg = MAX1027_CONV_REG | MAX1027_SCAN_0_N;
+		st->reg |= MAX1027_CHAN(fls(*indio_dev->active_scan_mask) - 2);
+		if (*indio_dev->active_scan_mask & MAX1X27_SCAN_MASK_TEMP)
+			st->reg |= MAX1027_TEMP;
+
 		ret = spi_write(st->spi, &st->reg, 1);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
@@ -392,9 +433,14 @@ static irqreturn_t max1027_trigger_handler(int irq, void *private)
 	struct iio_poll_func *pf = private;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = pf->indio_dev;
 	struct max1027_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
+	unsigned int scanned_chans;
+
+	scanned_chans = fls(*indio_dev->active_scan_mask) - 1;
+	if (*indio_dev->active_scan_mask & MAX1X27_SCAN_MASK_TEMP)
+		scanned_chans++;
 
 	/* fill buffer with all channel */
-	spi_read(st->spi, st->buffer, indio_dev->masklength * 2);
+	spi_read(st->spi, st->buffer, scanned_chans * 2);
 
 	iio_push_to_buffers(indio_dev, st->buffer);