diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
index c1cb1f9..d6f54930 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/iio/trigger_consumer.h>
 
 static const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ops = {
-	.preenable = &iio_sw_buffer_preenable,
 	.postenable = &iio_triggered_buffer_postenable,
 	.predisable = &iio_triggered_buffer_predisable,
 };