diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl367.c b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl367.c
index 47feb375b70b..0922ac0fad9e 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl367.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl367.c
@@ -1185,19 +1185,19 @@ static ssize_t adxl367_get_fifo_watermark(struct device *dev,
 	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", fifo_watermark);
 }
 
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "1");
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max,
-		      __stringify(ADXL367_FIFO_MAX_WATERMARK));
+IIO_STATIC_CONST_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "1");
+IIO_STATIC_CONST_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max,
+			     __stringify(ADXL367_FIFO_MAX_WATERMARK));
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark, 0444,
 		       adxl367_get_fifo_watermark, NULL, 0);
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_enabled, 0444,
 		       adxl367_get_fifo_enabled, NULL, 0);
 
-static const struct attribute *adxl367_fifo_attributes[] = {
-	&iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled.dev_attr.attr,
+static const struct iio_dev_attr *adxl367_fifo_attributes[] = {
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled,
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c
index e3ecbaee61f7..c4193286eb05 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl372.c
@@ -998,19 +998,19 @@ static ssize_t adxl372_get_fifo_watermark(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", st->watermark);
 }
 
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "1");
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max,
-		      __stringify(ADXL372_FIFO_SIZE));
+IIO_STATIC_CONST_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "1");
+IIO_STATIC_CONST_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max,
+			     __stringify(ADXL372_FIFO_SIZE));
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark, 0444,
 		       adxl372_get_fifo_watermark, NULL, 0);
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_enabled, 0444,
 		       adxl372_get_fifo_enabled, NULL, 0);
 
-static const struct attribute *adxl372_fifo_attributes[] = {
-	&iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled.dev_attr.attr,
+static const struct iio_dev_attr *adxl372_fifo_attributes[] = {
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled,
 	NULL,
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-core.c
index 57e8a8350cd1..110591804b4c 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/bmc150-accel-core.c
@@ -925,19 +925,19 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec_ext_info bmc150_accel_ext_info[] = {
 	{ }
 };
 
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "1");
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max,
-		      __stringify(BMC150_ACCEL_FIFO_LENGTH));
+IIO_STATIC_CONST_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "1");
+IIO_STATIC_CONST_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max,
+			     __stringify(BMC150_ACCEL_FIFO_LENGTH));
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_enabled, S_IRUGO,
 		       bmc150_accel_get_fifo_state, NULL, 0);
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark, S_IRUGO,
 		       bmc150_accel_get_fifo_watermark, NULL, 0);
 
-static const struct attribute *bmc150_accel_fifo_attributes[] = {
-	&iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled.dev_attr.attr,
+static const struct iio_dev_attr *bmc150_accel_fifo_attributes[] = {
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ int bmc150_accel_core_probe(struct device *dev, struct regmap *regmap, int irq,
 			    enum bmc150_type type, const char *name,
 			    bool block_supported)
 {
-	const struct attribute **fifo_attrs;
+	const struct iio_dev_attr **fifo_attrs;
 	struct bmc150_accel_data *data;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
index 279430c1d88c..f994366b0778 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/at91-sama5d2_adc.c
@@ -1846,8 +1846,8 @@ static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_enabled, 0444,
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark, 0444,
 		       at91_adc_get_watermark, NULL, 0);
 
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "2");
-static IIO_CONST_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max, AT91_HWFIFO_MAX_SIZE_STR);
+IIO_STATIC_CONST_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_min, "2");
+IIO_STATIC_CONST_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_watermark_max, AT91_HWFIFO_MAX_SIZE_STR);
 
 static IIO_CONST_ATTR(oversampling_ratio_available,
 		      __stringify(AT91_OSR_1SAMPLES) " "
@@ -1863,11 +1863,11 @@ static const struct attribute_group at91_adc_attribute_group = {
 	.attrs = at91_adc_attributes,
 };
 
-static const struct attribute *at91_adc_fifo_attributes[] = {
-	&iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_const_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled.dev_attr.attr,
+static const struct iio_dev_attr *at91_adc_fifo_attributes[] = {
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_min,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark_max,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_watermark,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ static int at91_adc_buffer_and_trigger_init(struct device *dev,
 					    struct iio_dev *indio)
 {
 	struct at91_adc_state *st = iio_priv(indio);
-	const struct attribute **fifo_attrs;
+	const struct iio_dev_attr **fifo_attrs;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (st->selected_trig->hw_trig)
diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
index 8d4fc97d1005..c7671b1f5ead 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-triggered-buffer.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	irqreturn_t (*thread)(int irq, void *p),
 	enum iio_buffer_direction direction,
 	const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops *setup_ops,
-	const struct attribute **buffer_attrs)
+	const struct iio_dev_attr **buffer_attrs)
 {
 	struct iio_buffer *buffer;
 	int ret;
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext(struct device *dev,
 					irqreturn_t (*thread)(int irq, void *p),
 					enum iio_buffer_direction direction,
 					const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops *ops,
-					const struct attribute **buffer_attrs)
+					const struct iio_dev_attr **buffer_attrs)
 {
 	int ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/kfifo_buf.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/kfifo_buf.c
index 35d8b4077376..05b285f0eb22 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/buffer/kfifo_buf.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/kfifo_buf.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static struct iio_buffer *devm_iio_kfifo_allocate(struct device *dev)
 int devm_iio_kfifo_buffer_setup_ext(struct device *dev,
 				    struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 				    const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops *setup_ops,
-				    const struct attribute **buffer_attrs)
+				    const struct iio_dev_attr **buffer_attrs)
 {
 	struct iio_buffer *buffer;
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c b/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
index 1151434038d4..ad8910e6ad59 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/common/hid-sensors/hid-sensor-trigger.c
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_timeout, 0644,
 static IIO_DEVICE_ATTR(hwfifo_enabled, 0444,
 		       _hid_sensor_get_fifo_state, NULL, 0);
 
-static const struct attribute *hid_sensor_fifo_attributes[] = {
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_timeout.dev_attr.attr,
-	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled.dev_attr.attr,
+static const struct iio_dev_attr *hid_sensor_fifo_attributes[] = {
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_timeout,
+	&iio_dev_attr_hwfifo_enabled,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static const struct iio_trigger_ops hid_sensor_trigger_ops = {
 int hid_sensor_setup_trigger(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, const char *name,
 				struct hid_sensor_common *attrb)
 {
-	const struct attribute **fifo_attrs;
+	const struct iio_dev_attr **fifo_attrs;
 	int ret;
 	struct iio_trigger *trig;
 
diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
index acc2b6c05d57..cc7ebafae571 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
@@ -1599,6 +1599,7 @@ static int __iio_buffer_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
 {
 	struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque = to_iio_dev_opaque(indio_dev);
 	struct iio_dev_attr *p;
+	const struct iio_dev_attr *id_attr;
 	struct attribute **attr;
 	int ret, i, attrn, scan_el_attrcount, buffer_attrcount;
 	const struct iio_chan_spec *channels;
@@ -1608,6 +1609,7 @@ static int __iio_buffer_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
 		while (buffer->attrs[buffer_attrcount] != NULL)
 			buffer_attrcount++;
 	}
+	buffer_attrcount += ARRAY_SIZE(iio_buffer_attrs);
 
 	scan_el_attrcount = 0;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&buffer->buffer_attr_list);
@@ -1650,7 +1652,7 @@ static int __iio_buffer_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
 		}
 	}
 
-	attrn = buffer_attrcount + scan_el_attrcount + ARRAY_SIZE(iio_buffer_attrs);
+	attrn = buffer_attrcount + scan_el_attrcount;
 	attr = kcalloc(attrn + 1, sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!attr) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1665,10 +1667,11 @@ static int __iio_buffer_alloc_sysfs_and_mask(struct iio_buffer *buffer,
 		attr[2] = &dev_attr_watermark_ro.attr;
 
 	if (buffer->attrs)
-		memcpy(&attr[ARRAY_SIZE(iio_buffer_attrs)], buffer->attrs,
-		       sizeof(struct attribute *) * buffer_attrcount);
+		for (i = 0, id_attr = buffer->attrs[i];
+		     (id_attr = buffer->attrs[i]); i++)
+			attr[ARRAY_SIZE(iio_buffer_attrs) + i] =
+				(struct attribute *)&id_attr->dev_attr.attr;
 
-	buffer_attrcount += ARRAY_SIZE(iio_buffer_attrs);
 	buffer->buffer_group.attrs = attr;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < buffer_attrcount; i++) {
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h b/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
index e2ca8ea23e19..89c3fd7c29ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/buffer_impl.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct iio_buffer {
 	struct attribute_group buffer_group;
 
 	/* @attrs: Standard attributes of the buffer. */
-	const struct attribute **attrs;
+	const struct iio_dev_attr **attrs;
 
 	/* @demux_bounce: Buffer for doing gather from incoming scan. */
 	void *demux_bounce;
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/kfifo_buf.h b/include/linux/iio/kfifo_buf.h
index 8a83fb58232d..22874da0c8be 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/kfifo_buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/kfifo_buf.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 struct iio_buffer;
 struct iio_buffer_setup_ops;
 struct iio_dev;
+struct iio_dev_attr;
 struct device;
 
 struct iio_buffer *iio_kfifo_allocate(void);
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ void iio_kfifo_free(struct iio_buffer *r);
 int devm_iio_kfifo_buffer_setup_ext(struct device *dev,
 				    struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 				    const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops *setup_ops,
-				    const struct attribute **buffer_attrs);
+				    const struct iio_dev_attr **buffer_attrs);
 
 #define devm_iio_kfifo_buffer_setup(dev, indio_dev, setup_ops)	\
 	devm_iio_kfifo_buffer_setup_ext((dev), (indio_dev), (setup_ops), NULL)
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/triggered_buffer.h b/include/linux/iio/triggered_buffer.h
index 7490b05fc5b2..29e1fe146879 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/triggered_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/triggered_buffer.h
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #include <linux/iio/buffer.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
-struct attribute;
 struct iio_dev;
+struct iio_dev_attr;
 struct iio_buffer_setup_ops;
 
 int iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	irqreturn_t (*thread)(int irq, void *p),
 	enum iio_buffer_direction direction,
 	const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops *setup_ops,
-	const struct attribute **buffer_attrs);
+	const struct iio_dev_attr **buffer_attrs);
 void iio_triggered_buffer_cleanup(struct iio_dev *indio_dev);
 
 #define iio_triggered_buffer_setup(indio_dev, h, thread, setup_ops)		\
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ int devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext(struct device *dev,
 					irqreturn_t (*thread)(int irq, void *p),
 					enum iio_buffer_direction direction,
 					const struct iio_buffer_setup_ops *ops,
-					const struct attribute **buffer_attrs);
+					const struct iio_dev_attr **buffer_attrs);
 
 #define devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup(dev, indio_dev, h, thread, setup_ops)	\
 	devm_iio_triggered_buffer_setup_ext((dev), (indio_dev), (h), (thread),	\
