diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-trigger.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
index 615902333fb0..d504aa251ced 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-trigger.c
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ struct iio_poll_func
 	pf->h = h;
 	pf->thread = thread;
 	pf->type = type;
+	pf->private_data = private;
 
 	return pf;
 }