diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 52a02af0f827..19819e7578c6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec_shared[] = {
 	[IIO_MAGN] = "magn",
 	[IIO_LIGHT] = "illuminance",
 	[IIO_INTENSITY] = "intensity",
+	[IIO_PROXIMITY] = "proximity",
 	[IIO_TEMP] = "temp",
 	[IIO_INCLI] = "incli",
 	[IIO_ROT] = "rot",