diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/bma400_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/bma400_core.c
index cec59d409531..840c4156ba60 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/bma400_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/bma400_core.c
@@ -1190,9 +1190,9 @@ static int bma400_steps_event_enable(struct bma400_data *data, int state)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int bma400_activity_event_en(struct bma400_data *data,
-				    enum iio_event_direction dir,
-				    int state)
+static int bma400_generic_event_en(struct bma400_data *data,
+				   enum iio_event_direction dir,
+				   int state)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned int intrmask, regval;
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static int bma400_write_event_config(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		switch (type) {
 		case IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG:
 			mutex_lock(&data->mutex);
-			ret = bma400_activity_event_en(data, dir, state);
+			ret = bma400_generic_event_en(data, dir, state);
 			mutex_unlock(&data->mutex);
 			return ret;
 		case IIO_EV_TYPE_GESTURE: