diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 1c3972150ab48..2f98ba70e3d78 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -1587,8 +1587,12 @@ static int __iio_buffer_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void __iio_buffer_free_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_buffer *buffer)
+static void __iio_buffer_free_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
+					     struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+					     int index)
 {
+	if (index == 0)
+		iio_buffer_unregister_legacy_sysfs_groups(indio_dev);
 	bitmap_free(buffer->scan_mask);
 	kfree(buffer->buffer_group.name);
 	kfree(buffer->buffer_group.attrs);
@@ -1642,7 +1646,7 @@ int iio_buffers_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 error_unwind_sysfs_and_mask:
 	for (; unwind_idx >= 0; unwind_idx--) {
 		buffer = iio_dev_opaque->attached_buffers[unwind_idx];
-		__iio_buffer_free_sysfs_and_mask(buffer);
+		__iio_buffer_free_sysfs_and_mask(buffer, indio_dev, unwind_idx);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1659,11 +1663,9 @@ void iio_buffers_free_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	iio_device_ioctl_handler_unregister(iio_dev_opaque->buffer_ioctl_handler);
 	kfree(iio_dev_opaque->buffer_ioctl_handler);
 
-	iio_buffer_unregister_legacy_sysfs_groups(indio_dev);
-
 	for (i = iio_dev_opaque->attached_buffers_cnt - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		buffer = iio_dev_opaque->attached_buffers[i];
-		__iio_buffer_free_sysfs_and_mask(buffer);
+		__iio_buffer_free_sysfs_and_mask(buffer, indio_dev, i);
 	}
 }