#include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
 #include <linux/iio/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/iio/trigger.h>
        struct spi_device *spi;
        const struct maxim_thermocouple_chip *chip;
        char tc_type;
-
-       u8 buffer[16] __aligned(IIO_DMA_MINALIGN);
+       /* Buffer for reading up to 2 hardware channels. */
+       struct {
+               union {
+                       __be16 raw16;
+                       __be32 raw32;
+                       __be16 raw[2];
+               };
+               aligned_s64 timestamp;
+       } buffer __aligned(IIO_DMA_MINALIGN);
 };
 
 static int maxim_thermocouple_read(struct maxim_thermocouple_data *data,
 {
        unsigned int storage_bytes = data->chip->read_size;
        unsigned int shift = chan->scan_type.shift + (chan->address * 8);
-       __be16 buf16;
-       __be32 buf32;
        int ret;
 
        switch (storage_bytes) {
        case 2:
-               ret = spi_read(data->spi, (void *)&buf16, storage_bytes);
-               *val = be16_to_cpu(buf16);
+               ret = spi_read(data->spi, &data->buffer.raw16, storage_bytes);
+               *val = be16_to_cpu(data->buffer.raw16);
                break;
        case 4:
-               ret = spi_read(data->spi, (void *)&buf32, storage_bytes);
-               *val = be32_to_cpu(buf32);
+               ret = spi_read(data->spi, &data->buffer.raw32, storage_bytes);
+               *val = be32_to_cpu(data->buffer.raw32);
                break;
        default:
                ret = -EINVAL;
        struct maxim_thermocouple_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
        int ret;
 
-       ret = spi_read(data->spi, data->buffer, data->chip->read_size);
+       ret = spi_read(data->spi, data->buffer.raw, data->chip->read_size);
        if (!ret) {
-               iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts(indio_dev, data->buffer,
+               iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts(indio_dev, &data->buffer,
                                            sizeof(data->buffer),
                                            iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev));
        }