diff --git a/drivers/sensor/sm351lt/sm351lt.c b/drivers/sensor/sm351lt/sm351lt.c
index eeb04781673..e52b3c885cd 100644
--- a/drivers/sensor/sm351lt/sm351lt.c
+++ b/drivers/sensor/sm351lt/sm351lt.c
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ static int sm351lt_init(const struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SM351LT_TRIGGER)
-#if defined(CONFIG_SM351LT_TRIGGER_OWN_THREAD)
 	data->dev = dev;
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SM351LT_TRIGGER_OWN_THREAD)
 	k_sem_init(&data->gpio_sem, 0, K_SEM_MAX_LIMIT);
 
 	k_thread_create(&data->thread, data->thread_stack,