diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/avs/cldma.c b/sound/soc/intel/avs/cldma.c
index d7a9390b5e48..585579840b64 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/avs/cldma.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/avs/cldma.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct hda_cldma {
 
 	unsigned int buffer_size;
 	unsigned int num_periods;
-	unsigned int stream_tag;
+	unsigned char stream_tag;
 	void __iomem *sd_addr;
 
 	struct snd_dma_buffer dmab_data;