diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c b/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
index 53d59a04ae15e93487d66dbf174c58933a7b19d6..b6a828a6df934fcb8a187e168d1d25f5b51d286a 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/kionix-kx022a.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static int kx022a_get_axis(struct kx022a_data *data,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	*val = le16_to_cpu(data->buffer[0]);
+	*val = (s16)le16_to_cpu(data->buffer[0]);
 
 	return IIO_VAL_INT;
 }