diff --git a/include/sound/seq_kernel.h b/include/sound/seq_kernel.h
index feb58d455560..4b9ee3009aa0 100644
--- a/include/sound/seq_kernel.h
+++ b/include/sound/seq_kernel.h
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ typedef union snd_seq_timestamp snd_seq_timestamp_t;
 #define SNDRV_SEQ_DEFAULT_CLIENT_EVENTS	200
 
 /* max delivery path length */
-#define SNDRV_SEQ_MAX_HOPS		10
+/* NOTE: this shouldn't be greater than MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES */
+#define SNDRV_SEQ_MAX_HOPS		8
 
 /* max size of event size */
 #define SNDRV_SEQ_MAX_EVENT_LEN		0x3fffffff