diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.h b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.h
index 64c03a00456f..555b826185a4 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.h
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx.h
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ enum st_lsm6dsx_hw_id {
 #define ST_LSM6DSX_SHIFT_VAL(val, mask)	(((val) << __ffs(mask)) & (mask))
 #define st_lsm6dsx_field_get(mask, reg)	((reg & mask) >> __ffs(mask))
 
-#define ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL_ACC(chan_type, addr, mod, scan_idx)		\
+#define ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL_ACC(addr, mod, scan_idx, events)		\
 {									\
-	.type = chan_type,						\
+	.type = IIO_ACCEL,						\
 	.address = addr,						\
 	.modified = 1,							\
 	.channel2 = mod,						\
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ enum st_lsm6dsx_hw_id {
 		.storagebits = 16,					\
 		.endianness = IIO_LE,					\
 	},								\
-	.event_spec = &st_lsm6dsx_event,				\
+	.event_spec = events,						\
+	.num_event_specs = ARRAY_SIZE(events),				\
 	.ext_info = st_lsm6dsx_ext_info,				\
-	.num_event_specs = 1,						\
 }
 
 #define ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL(chan_type, addr, mod, scan_idx)		\
@@ -486,13 +486,6 @@ struct st_lsm6dsx_hw {
 	} scan[ST_LSM6DSX_ID_MAX];
 };
 
-static __maybe_unused const struct iio_event_spec st_lsm6dsx_event = {
-	.type = IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH,
-	.dir = IIO_EV_DIR_EITHER,
-	.mask_separate = BIT(IIO_EV_INFO_VALUE) |
-			 BIT(IIO_EV_INFO_ENABLE)
-};
-
 static __maybe_unused const unsigned long st_lsm6dsx_available_scan_masks[] = {
 	0x7, 0x0,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
index 7f9f6ba52d48..f28607a31f18 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
@@ -94,10 +94,19 @@
 
 #define ST_LSM6DSX_REG_WHOAMI_ADDR		0x0f
 
+static const struct iio_event_spec st_lsm6dsx_ev_motion[] = {
+	{
+		.type = IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH,
+		.dir = IIO_EV_DIR_EITHER,
+		.mask_separate = BIT(IIO_EV_INFO_VALUE) |
+				 BIT(IIO_EV_INFO_ENABLE),
+	},
+};
+
 static const struct iio_chan_spec st_lsm6dsx_acc_channels[] = {
-	ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL_ACC(IIO_ACCEL, 0x28, IIO_MOD_X, 0),
-	ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL_ACC(IIO_ACCEL, 0x2a, IIO_MOD_Y, 1),
-	ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL_ACC(IIO_ACCEL, 0x2c, IIO_MOD_Z, 2),
+	ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL_ACC(0x28, IIO_MOD_X, 0, st_lsm6dsx_ev_motion),
+	ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL_ACC(0x2a, IIO_MOD_Y, 1, st_lsm6dsx_ev_motion),
+	ST_LSM6DSX_CHANNEL_ACC(0x2c, IIO_MOD_Z, 2, st_lsm6dsx_ev_motion),
 	IIO_CHAN_SOFT_TIMESTAMP(3),
 };