* transfer buffers to live in their own cache lines.
         */
        union {
+               struct {
+                       __be32 chan;
+                       s64 timestamp;
+               } scan;
                __be32 d32;
                u8 d8[2];
        } data ____cacheline_aligned;
 
        mutex_lock(&st->lock);
 
-       ret = spi_read(st->spi, &st->data.d32, 3);
+       ret = spi_read(st->spi, &st->data.scan.chan, 3);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto err_unlock;
 
-       iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, &st->data.d32,
+       iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev, &st->data.scan,
                                           iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
 
        iio_trigger_notify_done(indio_dev->trig);