diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c
index d802034c5402..961b1e0bfb13 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8974.c
@@ -327,10 +327,7 @@ static int ak8974_trigmeas(struct ak8974 *ak8974)
 	}
 
 	/* Force a measurement */
-	return regmap_update_bits(ak8974->map,
-				  AK8974_CTRL3,
-				  AK8974_CTRL3_FORCE,
-				  AK8974_CTRL3_FORCE);
+	return regmap_set_bits(ak8974->map, AK8974_CTRL3, AK8974_CTRL3_FORCE);
 }
 
 static int ak8974_await_drdy(struct ak8974 *ak8974)
@@ -438,10 +435,7 @@ static int ak8974_selftest(struct ak8974 *ak8974)
 	}
 
 	/* Trigger self-test */
-	ret = regmap_update_bits(ak8974->map,
-			AK8974_CTRL3,
-			AK8974_CTRL3_SELFTEST,
-			AK8974_CTRL3_SELFTEST);
+	ret = regmap_set_bits(ak8974->map, AK8974_CTRL3, AK8974_CTRL3_SELFTEST);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "could not write CTRL3\n");
 		return ret;