diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c b/drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c
index ac74cdcd2bc8c..748b35c2f0c37 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/kxcjk-1013.c
@@ -1554,12 +1554,12 @@ static int kxcjk1013_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 		data->dready_trig->ops = &kxcjk1013_trigger_ops;
 		iio_trigger_set_drvdata(data->dready_trig, indio_dev);
-		indio_dev->trig = data->dready_trig;
-		iio_trigger_get(indio_dev->trig);
 		ret = iio_trigger_register(data->dready_trig);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_poweroff;
 
+		indio_dev->trig = iio_trigger_get(data->dready_trig);
+
 		data->motion_trig->ops = &kxcjk1013_trigger_ops;
 		iio_trigger_set_drvdata(data->motion_trig, indio_dev);
 		ret = iio_trigger_register(data->motion_trig);