diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
index ff5f2da2e1b1..54d9978b2740 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad_sigma_delta.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static int ad_sd_read_reg_raw(struct ad_sigma_delta *sigma_delta,
 	if (sigma_delta->info->has_registers) {
 		data[0] = reg << sigma_delta->info->addr_shift;
 		data[0] |= sigma_delta->info->read_mask;
+		data[0] |= sigma_delta->comm;
 		spi_message_add_tail(&t[0], &m);
 	}
 	spi_message_add_tail(&t[1], &m);