diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 10923b40c76d..fdd623407b96 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -926,7 +926,6 @@ static int iio_buffer_update_demux(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		if (ret)
 			goto error_clear_mux_table;
 		out_loc += length;
-		in_loc += length;
 	}
 	buffer->demux_bounce = kzalloc(out_loc, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (buffer->demux_bounce == NULL) {