diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
index 85b2e4dde88..515b8fcd1ca 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
@@ -407,8 +407,9 @@ struct snd_pcm_status {
 	snd_pcm_uframes_t avail_max;	/* max frames available on hw since last status */
 	snd_pcm_uframes_t overrange;	/* count of ADC (capture) overrange detections from last status */
 	snd_pcm_state_t suspended_state; /* suspended stream state */
+	__u32 reserved_alignment;	/* must be filled with zero */
 	struct timespec audio_tstamp;	/* from sample counter or wall clock */
-	unsigned char reserved[60-sizeof(struct timespec)]; /* must be filled with zero */
+	unsigned char reserved[56-sizeof(struct timespec)]; /* must be filled with zero */
 };
 
 struct snd_pcm_mmap_status {
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_compat.c b/sound/core/pcm_compat.c
index af2a3fdb882..af49721ba0e 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_compat.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_compat.c
@@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ struct snd_pcm_status32 {
 	u32 avail_max;
 	u32 overrange;
 	s32 suspended_state;
+	u32 reserved_alignment;
 	struct compat_timespec audio_tstamp;
-	unsigned char reserved[60-sizeof(struct compat_timespec)];
+	unsigned char reserved[56-sizeof(struct compat_timespec)];
 } __attribute__((packed));