diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index 2336bf9243e1..2e1200d17d0c 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ typedef int (*snd_pcm_hw_rule_func_t)(struct snd_pcm_hw_params *params,
 struct snd_pcm_hw_rule {
 	unsigned int cond;
 	int var;
-	int deps[4];
+	int deps[5];
 
 	snd_pcm_hw_rule_func_t func;
 	void *private;
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 9f3f8e953ff0..c4aac703dc22 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ retry:
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * The 'deps' array includes maximum three dependencies
-		 * to SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_XXXs for this rule. The fourth
+		 * The 'deps' array includes maximum four dependencies
+		 * to SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_XXXs for this rule. The fifth
 		 * member of this array is a sentinel and should be
 		 * negative value.
 		 *