diff --git a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
index 98b51d754a0c..462a27b70453 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/imu/st_lsm6dsx/st_lsm6dsx_core.c
@@ -559,19 +559,11 @@ static const unsigned long st_lsm6dsx_available_scan_masks[] = {0x7, 0x0};
 static int st_lsm6dsx_of_get_drdy_pin(struct st_lsm6dsx_hw *hw, int *drdy_pin)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = hw->dev->of_node;
-	int err;
 
 	if (!np)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = of_property_read_u32(np, "st,drdy-int-pin", drdy_pin);
-	if (err == -ENODATA) {
-		/* if the property has not been specified use default value */
-		*drdy_pin = 1;
-		err = 0;
-	}
-
-	return err;
+	return of_property_read_u32(np, "st,drdy-int-pin", drdy_pin);
 }
 
 static int st_lsm6dsx_get_drdy_reg(struct st_lsm6dsx_hw *hw, u8 *drdy_reg)