diff --git a/include/drivers/adc.h b/include/drivers/adc.h
index 27d89b15a0f..6691e0af2b4 100644
--- a/include/drivers/adc.h
+++ b/include/drivers/adc.h
@@ -218,8 +218,15 @@ enum adc_action {
  *
  * @param dev             Pointer to the device structure for the driver
  *                        instance.
- * @param sequence        Pointer to the sequence structure that triggered the
- *                        sampling.
+ * @param sequence        Pointer to the sequence structure that triggered
+ *                        the sampling. This parameter points to a copy of
+ *                        the structure that was supplied to the call that
+ *                        started the sampling sequence, thus it cannot be
+ *                        used with the CONTAINER_OF() macro to retrieve
+ *                        some other data associated with the sequence.
+ *                        Instead, the adc_sequence_options::user_data field
+ *                        should be used for such purpose.
+ *
  * @param sampling_index  Index (0-65535) of the sampling done.
  *
  * @returns Action to be performed by the driver. See @ref adc_action.
@@ -249,6 +256,12 @@ struct adc_sequence_options {
 	 */
 	adc_sequence_callback callback;
 
+	/**
+	 * Pointer to user data. It can be used to associate the sequence
+	 * with any other data that is needed in the callback function.
+	 */
+	void *user_data;
+
 	/**
 	 * Number of extra samplings to perform (the total number of samplings
 	 * is 1 + extra_samplings).
diff --git a/tests/drivers/adc/adc_api/src/test_adc.c b/tests/drivers/adc/adc_api/src/test_adc.c
index 73c708d7445..ff34695070a 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/adc/adc_api/src/test_adc.c
+++ b/tests/drivers/adc/adc_api/src/test_adc.c
@@ -452,10 +452,18 @@ void test_adc_asynchronous_call(void)
 /*
  * test_adc_sample_with_interval
  */
+static uint32_t my_sequence_identifier = 0x12345678;
+static void *user_data = &my_sequence_identifier;
+
 static enum adc_action sample_with_interval_callback(const struct device *dev,
 						     const struct adc_sequence *sequence,
 						     uint16_t sampling_index)
 {
+	if (sequence->options->user_data != &my_sequence_identifier) {
+		user_data = sequence->options->user_data;
+		return ADC_ACTION_FINISH;
+	}
+
 	TC_PRINT("%s: sampling %d\n", __func__, sampling_index);
 	return ADC_ACTION_CONTINUE;
 }
@@ -466,6 +474,7 @@ static int test_task_with_interval(void)
 	const struct adc_sequence_options options = {
 		.interval_us     = 100 * 1000UL,
 		.callback        = sample_with_interval_callback,
+		.user_data       = user_data,
 		.extra_samplings = 4,
 	};
 	const struct adc_sequence sequence = {
@@ -485,6 +494,10 @@ static int test_task_with_interval(void)
 	ret = adc_read(adc_dev, &sequence);
 	zassert_equal(ret, 0, "adc_read() failed with code %d", ret);
 
+	zassert_equal(user_data, sequence.options->user_data,
+		"Invalid user data: %p, expected: %p",
+		user_data, sequence.options->user_data);
+
 	check_samples(1 + options.extra_samplings);
 
 	return TC_PASS;