diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
index ed0a120d4f08..404d4b9ffe76 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ struct snd_timer_info {
 #define SNDRV_TIMER_PSFLG_EARLY_EVENT	(1<<2)	/* write early event to the poll queue */
 
 struct snd_timer_params {
-	unsigned int flags;		/* flags - SNDRV_MIXER_PSFLG_* */
+	unsigned int flags;		/* flags - SNDRV_TIMER_PSFLG_* */
 	unsigned int ticks;		/* requested resolution in ticks */
 	unsigned int queue_size;	/* total size of queue (32-1024) */
 	unsigned int reserved0;		/* reserved, was: failure locations */