diff --git a/drivers/dma/owl-dma.c b/drivers/dma/owl-dma.c
index c683051257fd..dd85c205454e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/owl-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/owl-dma.c
@@ -120,30 +120,21 @@
 #define BIT_FIELD(val, width, shift, newshift)	\
 		((((val) >> (shift)) & ((BIT(width)) - 1)) << (newshift))
 
-/**
- * struct owl_dma_lli_hw - Hardware link list for dma transfer
- * @next_lli: physical address of the next link list
- * @saddr: source physical address
- * @daddr: destination physical address
- * @flen: frame length
- * @fcnt: frame count
- * @src_stride: source stride
- * @dst_stride: destination stride
- * @ctrla: dma_mode and linklist ctrl config
- * @ctrlb: interrupt config
- * @const_num: data for constant fill
- */
-struct owl_dma_lli_hw {
-	u32	next_lli;
-	u32	saddr;
-	u32	daddr;
-	u32	flen:20;
-	u32	fcnt:12;
-	u32	src_stride;
-	u32	dst_stride;
-	u32	ctrla;
-	u32	ctrlb;
-	u32	const_num;
+/* Frame count value is fixed as 1 */
+#define FCNT_VAL				0x1
+
+/* Describe DMA descriptor, hardware link list for dma transfer */
+enum owl_dmadesc_offsets {
+	OWL_DMADESC_NEXT_LLI = 0,
+	OWL_DMADESC_SADDR,
+	OWL_DMADESC_DADDR,
+	OWL_DMADESC_FLEN,
+	OWL_DMADESC_SRC_STRIDE,
+	OWL_DMADESC_DST_STRIDE,
+	OWL_DMADESC_CTRLA,
+	OWL_DMADESC_CTRLB,
+	OWL_DMADESC_CONST_NUM,
+	OWL_DMADESC_SIZE
 };
 
 /**
@@ -153,7 +144,7 @@ struct owl_dma_lli_hw {
  * @node: node for txd's lli_list
  */
 struct owl_dma_lli {
-	struct  owl_dma_lli_hw	hw;
+	u32			hw[OWL_DMADESC_SIZE];
 	dma_addr_t		phys;
 	struct list_head	node;
 };
@@ -320,6 +311,11 @@ static inline u32 llc_hw_ctrlb(u32 int_ctl)
 	return ctl;
 }
 
+static u32 llc_hw_flen(struct owl_dma_lli *lli)
+{
+	return lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_FLEN] & GENMASK(19, 0);
+}
+
 static void owl_dma_free_lli(struct owl_dma *od,
 			     struct owl_dma_lli *lli)
 {
@@ -351,8 +347,9 @@ static struct owl_dma_lli *owl_dma_add_lli(struct owl_dma_txd *txd,
 		list_add_tail(&next->node, &txd->lli_list);
 
 	if (prev) {
-		prev->hw.next_lli = next->phys;
-		prev->hw.ctrla |= llc_hw_ctrla(OWL_DMA_MODE_LME, 0);
+		prev->hw[OWL_DMADESC_NEXT_LLI] = next->phys;
+		prev->hw[OWL_DMADESC_CTRLA] |=
+					llc_hw_ctrla(OWL_DMA_MODE_LME, 0);
 	}
 
 	return next;
@@ -365,8 +362,7 @@ static inline int owl_dma_cfg_lli(struct owl_dma_vchan *vchan,
 				  struct dma_slave_config *sconfig,
 				  bool is_cyclic)
 {
-	struct owl_dma_lli_hw *hw = &lli->hw;
-	u32 mode;
+	u32 mode, ctrlb;
 
 	mode = OWL_DMA_MODE_PW(0);
 
@@ -407,22 +403,22 @@ static inline int owl_dma_cfg_lli(struct owl_dma_vchan *vchan,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	hw->next_lli = 0; /* One link list by default */
-	hw->saddr = src;
-	hw->daddr = dst;
-
-	hw->fcnt = 1; /* Frame count fixed as 1 */
-	hw->flen = len; /* Max frame length is 1MB */
-	hw->src_stride = 0;
-	hw->dst_stride = 0;
-	hw->ctrla = llc_hw_ctrla(mode,
-				 OWL_DMA_LLC_SAV_LOAD_NEXT |
-				 OWL_DMA_LLC_DAV_LOAD_NEXT);
+	lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_CTRLA] = llc_hw_ctrla(mode,
+						  OWL_DMA_LLC_SAV_LOAD_NEXT |
+						  OWL_DMA_LLC_DAV_LOAD_NEXT);
 
 	if (is_cyclic)
-		hw->ctrlb = llc_hw_ctrlb(OWL_DMA_INTCTL_BLOCK);
+		ctrlb = llc_hw_ctrlb(OWL_DMA_INTCTL_BLOCK);
 	else
-		hw->ctrlb = llc_hw_ctrlb(OWL_DMA_INTCTL_SUPER_BLOCK);
+		ctrlb = llc_hw_ctrlb(OWL_DMA_INTCTL_SUPER_BLOCK);
+
+	lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_NEXT_LLI] = 0;
+	lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_SADDR] = src;
+	lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_DADDR] = dst;
+	lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_SRC_STRIDE] = 0;
+	lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_DST_STRIDE] = 0;
+	lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_FLEN] = len | FCNT_VAL << 20;
+	lli->hw[OWL_DMADESC_CTRLB] = ctrlb;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -754,7 +750,7 @@ static u32 owl_dma_getbytes_chan(struct owl_dma_vchan *vchan)
 			/* Start from the next active node */
 			if (lli->phys == next_lli_phy) {
 				list_for_each_entry(lli, &txd->lli_list, node)
-					bytes += lli->hw.flen;
+					bytes += llc_hw_flen(lli);
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -785,7 +781,7 @@ static enum dma_status owl_dma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
 	if (vd) {
 		txd = to_owl_txd(&vd->tx);
 		list_for_each_entry(lli, &txd->lli_list, node)
-			bytes += lli->hw.flen;
+			bytes += llc_hw_flen(lli);
 	} else {
 		bytes = owl_dma_getbytes_chan(vchan);
 	}
