diff --git a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
index 9d3fa1afeb6d..0ad15e90bfc6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6asm.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ int q6asm_unmap_rtac_block(uint32_t *mem_map_handle)
 			__func__, result2);
 		result = result2;
 	} else {
-		mem_map_handle = 0;
+		*mem_map_handle = 0;
 	}
 
 	result2 = q6asm_mmap_apr_dereg();