diff --git a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.c b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.c
index 52f0a3f9..dfa85cbb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.c
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
 #include "tegra_asoc_utils.h"
 
 int tegra_asoc_utils_set_rate(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data, int srate,
-			      int mclk, int *mclk_change)
+			      int mclk)
 {
 	int new_baseclock;
+	bool clk_change;
 	int err;
 
 	switch (srate) {
@@ -52,10 +53,10 @@ int tegra_asoc_utils_set_rate(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data, int srate,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	*mclk_change = ((new_baseclock != data->set_baseclock) ||
+	clk_change = ((new_baseclock != data->set_baseclock) ||
 			(mclk != data->set_mclk));
-	if (!*mclk_change)
-	    return 0;
+	if (!clk_change)
+		return 0;
 
 	data->set_baseclock = 0;
 	data->set_mclk = 0;
diff --git a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.h b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.h
index bbba7afd..4818195d 100644
--- a/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.h
+++ b/sound/soc/tegra/tegra_asoc_utils.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ struct tegra_asoc_utils_data {
 };
 
 int tegra_asoc_utils_set_rate(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data, int srate,
-			      int mclk, int *mclk_change);
+			      int mclk);
 int tegra_asoc_utils_init(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data,
 			  struct device *dev);
 void tegra_asoc_utils_fini(struct tegra_asoc_utils_data *data);