diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5d3dee3640a7..1d8cb63bcb77 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: fd6487f8439f7859acf17589f1d612285b5c0fa5
+refs/heads/master: 842cd100441e8542e2b0859a898220ee32cd566e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 6c329f953f41..b409b95b5ee5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -655,19 +655,25 @@ int iio_push_to_buffer(struct iio_buffer *buffer, unsigned char *data,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_push_to_buffer);
 
+static void iio_buffer_demux_free(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
+{
+	struct iio_demux_table *p, *q;
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, q, &buffer->demux_list, l) {
+		list_del(&p->l);
+		kfree(p);
+	}
+}
+
 int iio_update_demux(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 {
 	const struct iio_chan_spec *ch;
 	struct iio_buffer *buffer = indio_dev->buffer;
 	int ret, in_ind = -1, out_ind, length;
 	unsigned in_loc = 0, out_loc = 0;
-	struct iio_demux_table *p, *q;
+	struct iio_demux_table *p;
 
 	/* Clear out any old demux */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, q, &buffer->demux_list, l) {
-		list_del(&p->l);
-		kfree(p);
-	}
+	iio_buffer_demux_free(buffer);
 	kfree(buffer->demux_bounce);
 	buffer->demux_bounce = NULL;
 
@@ -742,10 +748,8 @@ int iio_update_demux(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	return 0;
 
 error_clear_mux_table:
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(p, q, &buffer->demux_list, l) {
-		list_del(&p->l);
-		kfree(p);
-	}
+	iio_buffer_demux_free(buffer);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_update_demux);