diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
index b99de00e57b8..01d71588d752 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad799x.c
@@ -528,7 +528,6 @@ static struct attribute *ad799x_event_attributes[] = {
 
 static struct attribute_group ad799x_event_attrs_group = {
 	.attrs = ad799x_event_attributes,
-	.name = "events",
 };
 
 static const struct iio_info ad7991_info = {