static int ad7298_ring_preenable(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 {
        struct ad7298_state *st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-       struct iio_buffer *ring = indio_dev->buffer;
-       size_t d_size;
        int i, m;
        unsigned short command;
-       int scan_count = bitmap_weight(indio_dev->active_scan_mask,
-                                      indio_dev->masklength);
-       d_size = scan_count * (AD7298_STORAGE_BITS / 8);
-
-       if (ring->scan_timestamp) {
-               d_size += sizeof(s64);
-
-               if (d_size % sizeof(s64))
-                       d_size += sizeof(s64) - (d_size % sizeof(s64));
-       }
+       int scan_count, ret;
 
-       if (ring->access->set_bytes_per_datum)
-               ring->access->set_bytes_per_datum(ring, d_size);
+       ret = iio_sw_buffer_preenable(indio_dev);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
 
-       st->d_size = d_size;
+       /* Now compute overall size */
+       scan_count = bitmap_weight(indio_dev->active_scan_mask,
+                                  indio_dev->masklength);
 
        command = AD7298_WRITE | st->ext_ref;
 
 
        if (ring->scan_timestamp) {
                time_ns = iio_get_time_ns();
-               memcpy((u8 *)buf + st->d_size - sizeof(s64),
+               memcpy((u8 *)buf + indio_dev->scan_bytes - sizeof(s64),
                        &time_ns, sizeof(time_ns));
        }