diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
index 930854f67fd3..40a23d8418fe 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
@@ -957,8 +957,7 @@ struct snd_ctl_elem_value {
 		} bytes;
 		struct snd_aes_iec958 iec958;
 	} value;		/* RO */
-	struct timespec tstamp;
-	unsigned char reserved[128-sizeof(struct timespec)];
+	unsigned char reserved[128];
 };
 
 struct snd_ctl_tlv {