diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-dfsdm-adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-dfsdm-adc.c
index 9664b9bd75d4..00f05e167afc 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-dfsdm-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/stm32-dfsdm-adc.c
@@ -660,11 +660,8 @@ static int stm32_dfsdm_channel_parse_of(struct stm32_dfsdm *dfsdm,
 	}
 	df_ch->src = val;
 
-	ret = of_property_read_u32_index(indio_dev->dev.of_node,
-					 "st,adc-alt-channel", chan_idx,
-					 &df_ch->alt_si);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		df_ch->alt_si = 0;
+	df_ch->alt_si = of_property_present(indio_dev->dev.of_node,
+					    "st,adc-alt-channel");
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1815,9 +1812,8 @@ static int stm32_dfsdm_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	adc->dfsdm->fl_list[adc->fl_id].ford = val;
 
-	ret = of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "st,filter0-sync", &val);
-	if (!ret)
-		adc->dfsdm->fl_list[adc->fl_id].sync_mode = val;
+	adc->dfsdm->fl_list[adc->fl_id].sync_mode =
+		of_property_read_bool(dev->of_node, "st,filter0-sync");
 
 	adc->dev_data = dev_data;
 	ret = dev_data->init(dev, iio);