diff --git a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
index 63495f6a36f9..367ef15a3cd8 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/ste_dma40.c
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
 #define D40_ALLOC_PHY		(1 << 30)
 #define D40_ALLOC_LOG_FREE	0
 
-#define MAX(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (b) : (a))
-
 /* Reserved event lines for memcpy only. */
 #define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_0	51
 #define DB8500_DMA_MEMCPY_EV_1	56
@@ -216,6 +214,9 @@ static u32 d40_backup_regs_chan[] = {
 	D40_CHAN_REG_SDLNK,
 };
 
+#define BACKUP_REGS_SZ_MAX ((BACKUP_REGS_SZ_V4A > BACKUP_REGS_SZ_V4B) ? \
+			     BACKUP_REGS_SZ_V4A : BACKUP_REGS_SZ_V4B)
+
 /**
  * struct d40_interrupt_lookup - lookup table for interrupt handler
  *
@@ -579,7 +580,7 @@ struct d40_base {
 	resource_size_t			  lcpa_size;
 	struct kmem_cache		 *desc_slab;
 	u32				  reg_val_backup[BACKUP_REGS_SZ];
-	u32				  reg_val_backup_v4[MAX(BACKUP_REGS_SZ_V4A, BACKUP_REGS_SZ_V4B)];
+	u32				  reg_val_backup_v4[BACKUP_REGS_SZ_MAX];
 	u32				 *reg_val_backup_chan;
 	u16				  gcc_pwr_off_mask;
 	bool				  initialized;