1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c b/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c
index 847ca561afe0..55c267bbfd2f 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/kfifo_buf.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ static int iio_request_update_kfifo(struct iio_buffer *r)
                 kfifo_free(&buf->kf);
                 ret = __iio_allocate_kfifo(buf, buf->buffer.bytes_per_datum,
                                    buf->buffer.length);
-                buf->update_needed = false;
+                if (ret >= 0)
+                        buf->update_needed = false;
         } else {
                 kfifo_reset_out(&buf->kf);
         }