diff --git a/src/audio/rtnr/rtnr.c b/src/audio/rtnr/rtnr.c
index 3137393f6..890756ecc 100644
--- a/src/audio/rtnr/rtnr.c
+++ b/src/audio/rtnr/rtnr.c
@@ -384,10 +384,10 @@ static int rtnr_params(struct comp_dev *dev, struct sof_ipc_stream_params *param
 	cd->sink_stream.channels = audio_stream_get_channels(&sink_c->stream);
 
 	/* set source/sink stream overrun/underrun permitted */
-	cd->sources_stream[0].overrun_permitted = source_c->stream.overrun_permitted;
-	cd->sink_stream.overrun_permitted = sink_c->stream.overrun_permitted;
-	cd->sources_stream[0].underrun_permitted = source_c->stream.underrun_permitted;
-	cd->sink_stream.underrun_permitted = sink_c->stream.underrun_permitted;
+	cd->sources_stream[0].overrun_permitted = audio_stream_get_overrun(&source_c->stream);
+	cd->sink_stream.overrun_permitted = audio_stream_get_overrun(&sink_c->stream);
+	cd->sources_stream[0].underrun_permitted = audio_stream_get_underrun(&source_c->stream);
+	cd->sink_stream.underrun_permitted = audio_stream_get_underrun(&sink_c->stream);
 
 out:
 	buffer_release(sink_c);
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/audio_stream.h b/src/include/sof/audio/audio_stream.h
index 621784b8f..9a17cb229 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/audio_stream.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/audio_stream.h
@@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ static inline uint32_t audio_stream_get_channels(const struct audio_stream __spa
 	return buf->channels;
 }
 
+static inline bool audio_stream_get_underrun(const struct audio_stream __sparse_cache *buf)
+{
+	return buf->underrun_permitted;
+}
+
+static inline bool audio_stream_get_overrun(const struct audio_stream __sparse_cache *buf)
+{
+	return buf->overrun_permitted;
+}
+
 static inline void audio_stream_set_rptr(struct audio_stream __sparse_cache *buf, void *val)
 {
 	buf->r_ptr = val;