diff --git a/include/sound/seq_kernel.h b/include/sound/seq_kernel.h
index 2398521f0998..d06bb8109cdc 100644
--- a/include/sound/seq_kernel.h
+++ b/include/sound/seq_kernel.h
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ typedef union snd_seq_timestamp snd_seq_timestamp_t;
 #define SNDRV_SEQ_DEFAULT_CLIENT_EVENTS	200
 
 /* max delivery path length */
-#define SNDRV_SEQ_MAX_HOPS		10
+/* NOTE: this shouldn't be greater than MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES */
+#define SNDRV_SEQ_MAX_HOPS		8
 
 /* max size of event size */
 #define SNDRV_SEQ_MAX_EVENT_LEN		0x3fffffff