diff --git a/modules/audio_remote_submix/audio_hw.cpp b/modules/audio_remote_submix/audio_hw.cpp
index 103f57d..72e1fa5 100644
--- a/modules/audio_remote_submix/audio_hw.cpp
+++ b/modules/audio_remote_submix/audio_hw.cpp
@@ -675,7 +675,8 @@
 {
     const struct submix_stream_out * const out = audio_stream_get_submix_stream_out(
             const_cast<struct audio_stream *>(stream));
-    uint32_t channel_mask = out->dev->routes[out->route_handle].config.output_channel_mask;
+    audio_channel_mask_t channel_mask =
+            out->dev->routes[out->route_handle].config.output_channel_mask;
     SUBMIX_ALOGV("out_get_channels() returns %08x", channel_mask);
     return channel_mask;
 }