diff --git a/drivers/iio/health/max30102.c b/drivers/iio/health/max30102.c
index 6616729af5b7..07a343e35a81 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/health/max30102.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/health/max30102.c
@@ -448,9 +448,8 @@ static int max30102_get_temp(struct max30102_data *data, int *val, bool en)
 	}
 
 	/* start acquisition */
-	ret = regmap_update_bits(data->regmap, MAX30102_REG_TEMP_CONFIG,
-				 MAX30102_REG_TEMP_CONFIG_TEMP_EN,
-				 MAX30102_REG_TEMP_CONFIG_TEMP_EN);
+	ret = regmap_set_bits(data->regmap, MAX30102_REG_TEMP_CONFIG,
+			      MAX30102_REG_TEMP_CONFIG_TEMP_EN);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;