.info_mask_separate     = BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_RAW) |
                                          BIT(IIO_CHAN_INFO_PROCESSED),
        },
+       IIO_CHAN_SOFT_TIMESTAMP(1),
 };
 
 /*
  * The event buffer contains timestamp and all the data from
  * the ACPI0008 block. There are multiple, but so far we only
- * support _ALI (illuminance). Once someone adds new channels
- * to acpi_als_channels[], the evt_buffer below will grow
- * automatically.
+ * support _ALI (illuminance): One channel, padding and timestamp.
  */
-#define ACPI_ALS_EVT_NR_SOURCES                ARRAY_SIZE(acpi_als_channels)
 #define ACPI_ALS_EVT_BUFFER_SIZE               \
-       (sizeof(s64) + (ACPI_ALS_EVT_NR_SOURCES * sizeof(s32)))
+       (sizeof(s32) + sizeof(s32) + sizeof(s64))
 
 struct acpi_als {
        struct acpi_device      *device;
        struct mutex            lock;
 
-       s32                     evt_buffer[ACPI_ALS_EVT_BUFFER_SIZE];
+       s32 evt_buffer[ACPI_ALS_EVT_BUFFER_SIZE / sizeof(s32)]  __aligned(8);
 };
 
 /*