diff --git a/src/audio/audio_stream.c b/src/audio/audio_stream.c
index 5fa8fa805c10..295fa65ac1c0 100644
--- a/src/audio/audio_stream.c
+++ b/src/audio/audio_stream.c
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 
 static size_t audio_stream_get_free_size(struct sof_sink *sink)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(sink, struct audio_stream,
-					  sink_api, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(sink, struct audio_stream, sink_api);
 
 	return audio_stream_get_free_bytes(audio_stream);
 }
@@ -18,9 +16,7 @@ static size_t audio_stream_get_free_size(struct sof_sink *sink)
 static int audio_stream_get_buffer(struct sof_sink *sink, size_t req_size,
 				   void **data_ptr, void **buffer_start, size_t *buffer_size)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(sink, struct audio_stream,
-					  sink_api, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(sink, struct audio_stream, sink_api);
 
 	if (req_size > audio_stream_get_free_size(sink))
 		return -ENODATA;
@@ -34,15 +30,11 @@ static int audio_stream_get_buffer(struct sof_sink *sink, size_t req_size,
 
 static int audio_stream_commit_buffer(struct sof_sink *sink, size_t commit_size)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(sink, struct audio_stream,
-					  sink_api, __sparse_cache);
-	struct comp_buffer *buffer_c =
-			attr_container_of(audio_stream, struct comp_buffer,
-					  stream, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(sink, struct audio_stream, sink_api);
+	struct comp_buffer *buffer = container_of(audio_stream, struct comp_buffer, stream);
 
 	if (commit_size) {
-		buffer_stream_writeback(buffer_c, commit_size);
+		buffer_stream_writeback(buffer, commit_size);
 		audio_stream_produce(audio_stream, commit_size);
 	}
 
@@ -51,9 +43,7 @@ static int audio_stream_commit_buffer(struct sof_sink *sink, size_t commit_size)
 
 static size_t audio_stream_get_data_available(struct sof_source *source)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(source, struct audio_stream,
-					  source_api, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(source, struct audio_stream, source_api);
 
 	return audio_stream_get_avail_bytes(audio_stream);
 }
@@ -61,18 +51,13 @@ static size_t audio_stream_get_data_available(struct sof_source *source)
 static int audio_stream_get_data(struct sof_source *source, size_t req_size,
 				 void  **data_ptr, void **buffer_start, size_t *buffer_size)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(source, struct audio_stream,
-					  source_api, __sparse_cache);
-
-	struct comp_buffer *buffer_c =
-			attr_container_of(audio_stream, struct comp_buffer,
-					  stream, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(source, struct audio_stream, source_api);
+	struct comp_buffer *buffer = container_of(audio_stream, struct comp_buffer, stream);
 
 	if (req_size > audio_stream_get_data_available(source))
 		return -ENODATA;
 
-	buffer_stream_invalidate(buffer_c, req_size);
+	buffer_stream_invalidate(buffer, req_size);
 
 	/* get circular buffer parameters */
 	*data_ptr = audio_stream->r_ptr;
@@ -83,9 +68,7 @@ static int audio_stream_get_data(struct sof_source *source, size_t req_size,
 
 static int audio_stream_release_data(struct sof_source *source, size_t free_size)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(source, struct audio_stream,
-					  source_api, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(source, struct audio_stream, source_api);
 
 	if (free_size)
 		audio_stream_consume(audio_stream, free_size);
@@ -97,12 +80,8 @@ static int audio_stream_set_ipc_params_source(struct sof_source *source,
 					      struct sof_ipc_stream_params *params,
 					      bool force_update)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(source, struct audio_stream,
-					  source_api, __sparse_cache);
-	struct comp_buffer *buffer =
-			attr_container_of(audio_stream, struct comp_buffer,
-					  stream, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(source, struct audio_stream, source_api);
+	struct comp_buffer *buffer = container_of(audio_stream, struct comp_buffer, stream);
 
 	return buffer_set_params(buffer, params, force_update);
 }
@@ -111,12 +90,8 @@ static int audio_stream_set_ipc_params_sink(struct sof_sink *sink,
 					    struct sof_ipc_stream_params *params,
 					    bool force_update)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(sink, struct audio_stream,
-					  sink_api, __sparse_cache);
-	struct comp_buffer *buffer =
-			attr_container_of(audio_stream, struct comp_buffer,
-					  stream, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(sink, struct audio_stream, sink_api);
+	struct comp_buffer *buffer = container_of(audio_stream, struct comp_buffer, stream);
 
 	return buffer_set_params(buffer, params, force_update);
 }
@@ -125,9 +100,7 @@ static int audio_stream_source_set_alignment_constants(struct sof_source *source
 						       const uint32_t byte_align,
 						       const uint32_t frame_align_req)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(source, struct audio_stream,
-					  source_api, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(source, struct audio_stream, source_api);
 
 	audio_stream_init_alignment_constants(byte_align, frame_align_req, audio_stream);
 
@@ -138,9 +111,7 @@ static int audio_stream_sink_set_alignment_constants(struct sof_sink *sink,
 						     const uint32_t byte_align,
 						     const uint32_t frame_align_req)
 {
-	struct audio_stream *audio_stream =
-			attr_container_of(sink, struct audio_stream,
-					  sink_api, __sparse_cache);
+	struct audio_stream *audio_stream = container_of(sink, struct audio_stream, sink_api);
 
 	audio_stream_init_alignment_constants(byte_align, frame_align_req, audio_stream);
 
@@ -177,10 +148,8 @@ void audio_stream_init(struct audio_stream *audio_stream,
 	audio_stream_init_alignment_constants(1, 1, audio_stream);
 
 	source_init(audio_stream_get_source(audio_stream), &audio_stream_source_ops,
-		    (__sparse_force struct sof_audio_stream_params *)
 		    &audio_stream->runtime_stream_params);
 	sink_init(audio_stream_get_sink(audio_stream), &audio_stream_sink_ops,
-		  (__sparse_force struct sof_audio_stream_params *)
 		  &audio_stream->runtime_stream_params);
 	audio_stream_reset(audio_stream);
 }
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/module_interface.h b/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/module_interface.h
index 5a4e27c354f7..fab3cefdc0ef 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/module_interface.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/module_interface.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ enum module_processing_mode {
  * \brief Input stream buffer
  */
 struct input_stream_buffer {
-	void __sparse_cache *data; /* data stream buffer */
+	void *data; /* data stream buffer */
 	uint32_t size; /* size of data in the buffer */
 	uint32_t consumed; /* number of bytes consumed by the module */
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct input_stream_buffer {
  * \brief Output stream buffer
  */
 struct output_stream_buffer {
-	void __sparse_cache *data; /* data stream buffer */
+	void *data; /* data stream buffer */
 	uint32_t size; /* size of data in the buffer */
 };