struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai)
 {
        struct davinci_mcasp *mcasp = snd_soc_dai_get_drvdata(cpu_dai);
+       struct davinci_mcasp_ruledata *ruledata =
+                                       &mcasp->ruledata[substream->stream];
        u32 max_channels = 0;
        int i, dir;
 
                if (mcasp->serial_dir[i] == dir)
                        max_channels++;
        }
-       mcasp->ruledata[substream->stream].serializers = max_channels;
+       ruledata->serializers = max_channels;
        max_channels *= mcasp->tdm_slots;
        /*
         * If the already active stream has less channels than the calculated
        if (mcasp->bclk_master && mcasp->bclk_div == 0 && mcasp->sysclk_freq) {
                int ret;
 
-               mcasp->ruledata[substream->stream].mcasp = mcasp;
+               ruledata->mcasp = mcasp;
 
                ret = snd_pcm_hw_rule_add(substream->runtime, 0,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_RATE,
                                          davinci_mcasp_hw_rule_rate,
-                                         &mcasp->ruledata[dir],
+                                         ruledata,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_FORMAT,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS, -1);
                if (ret)
                ret = snd_pcm_hw_rule_add(substream->runtime, 0,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_FORMAT,
                                          davinci_mcasp_hw_rule_format,
-                                         &mcasp->ruledata[dir],
+                                         ruledata,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_RATE,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS, -1);
                if (ret)
                ret = snd_pcm_hw_rule_add(substream->runtime, 0,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_CHANNELS,
                                          davinci_mcasp_hw_rule_channels,
-                                         &mcasp->ruledata[dir],
+                                         ruledata,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_RATE,
                                          SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_FORMAT, -1);
                if (ret)