diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy_events.c b/drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy_events.c
index bfbf1c56bd22..6eb600ff7056 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy_events.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/iio_simple_dummy_events.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static irqreturn_t iio_simple_dummy_get_timestamp(int irq, void *private)
 	struct iio_dummy_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
 	st->event_timestamp = iio_get_time_ns();
-	return IRQ_HANDLED;
+	return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
 }
 
 /**