diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
index fe8f6135426d..6c76f64f46db 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ struct mmc_davinci_host {
 	u32 buffer_bytes_left;
 	u32 bytes_left;
 
-	u8 rxdma, txdma;
+	u32 rxdma, txdma;
 	bool use_dma;
 	bool do_dma;
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ struct mmc_davinci_host {
 	struct edmacc_param	tx_template;
 	struct edmacc_param	rx_template;
 	unsigned		n_link;
-	u8			links[NR_SG - 1];
+	u32			links[NR_SG - 1];
 
 	/* For PIO we walk scatterlists one segment at a time. */
 	unsigned int		sg_len;