diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index 36b1ae9..2952ee0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@
 
 static bool iio_buffer_data_available(struct iio_buffer *buf)
 {
-	if (buf->access->data_available)
-		return buf->access->data_available(buf);
-
-	return buf->stufftoread;
+	return buf->access->data_available(buf);
 }
 
 /**