diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hid-sensor-magn-3d.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hid-sensor-magn-3d.c
index 070d20e..63f23af 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hid-sensor-magn-3d.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hid-sensor-magn-3d.c
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ static int magn_3d_parse_report(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
 	int attr_count = 0;
+	struct iio_chan_spec *_channels;
 
 	/* Scan for each usage attribute supported */
 	for (i = 0; i < MAGN_3D_CHANNEL_MAX; i++) {
@@ -300,10 +301,10 @@ static int magn_3d_parse_report(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		return  -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Setup IIO channel array */
-	*channels = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, attr_count,
+	_channels = devm_kcalloc(&pdev->dev, attr_count,
 								sizeof(struct iio_chan_spec),
 								GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!*channels) {
+	if (!_channels) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate space for iio channels\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -322,14 +323,16 @@ static int magn_3d_parse_report(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	{
 		if (st->magn[i].index >= 0) {
 			/* Setup IIO channel struct */
-			*channels[*chan_count] = magn_3d_channels[i];
+			_channels[*chan_count] = magn_3d_channels[i];
 
 			st->magn_val_addr[i] = &(st->iio_val[*chan_count]);
-			magn_3d_adjust_channel_bit_mask(*channels, *chan_count, st->magn[i].size);
+			magn_3d_adjust_channel_bit_mask(_channels, *chan_count, st->magn[i].size);
 			(*chan_count)++;
 		}
 	}
 
+	*channels = _channels;
+
 	st->scale_precision = hid_sensor_format_scale(
 				HID_USAGE_SENSOR_COMPASS_3D,
 				&st->magn[CHANNEL_SCAN_INDEX_X],