diff --git a/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.c b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.c
index d87438575344..3e34a8443629 100644
--- a/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.c
+++ b/src/audio/mixin_mixout/mixin_mixout.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static int mixin_init(struct processing_module *mod)
 
 static int mixout_init(struct processing_module *mod)
 {
-	struct module_source_info __sparse_cache *mod_source_info;
+	struct module_source_info *mod_source_info;
 	struct comp_dev *dev = mod->dev;
 	struct mixout_data *mo_data;
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static int mixin_free(struct processing_module *mod)
 
 static int mixout_free(struct processing_module *mod)
 {
-	struct module_source_info __sparse_cache *mod_source_info;
+	struct module_source_info *mod_source_info;
 
 	comp_dbg(mod->dev, "mixout_free()");
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int mixin_process(struct processing_module *mod,
 		struct comp_buffer *sink;
 		struct mixout_data *mixout_data;
 		struct processing_module *mixout_mod;
-		struct module_source_info __sparse_cache *mod_source_info;
+		struct module_source_info *mod_source_info;
 		uint32_t free_frames, pending_frames;
 
 		/* unused buffer between mixin and mixout */
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static int mixin_process(struct processing_module *mod,
 		struct comp_dev *mixout;
 		struct comp_buffer *sink;
 		struct mixout_data *mixout_data;
-		struct module_source_info __sparse_cache *mod_source_info;
+		struct module_source_info *mod_source_info;
 		struct processing_module *mixout_mod;
 		uint32_t start_frame;
 		uint32_t writeback_size;
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int mixout_process(struct processing_module *mod,
 			  struct input_stream_buffer *input_buffers, int num_input_buffers,
 			  struct output_stream_buffer *output_buffers, int num_output_buffers)
 {
-	struct module_source_info __sparse_cache *mod_source_info;
+	struct module_source_info *mod_source_info;
 	struct comp_dev *dev = mod->dev;
 	struct mixout_data *md;
 	uint32_t frames_to_produce = INT32_MAX;
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static int mixout_prepare(struct processing_module *mod,
 			  struct sof_source **sources, int num_of_sources,
 			  struct sof_sink **sinks, int num_of_sinks)
 {
-	struct module_source_info __sparse_cache *mod_source_info;
+	struct module_source_info *mod_source_info;
 	struct comp_dev *dev = mod->dev;
 	struct mixout_data *md;
 	int ret, i;
diff --git a/src/audio/module_adapter/module_adapter.c b/src/audio/module_adapter/module_adapter.c
index bed3bca2e0ce..fd2afb05ffcb 100644
--- a/src/audio/module_adapter/module_adapter.c
+++ b/src/audio/module_adapter/module_adapter.c
@@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ static bool module_adapter_multi_sink_source_check(struct comp_dev *dev)
 
 int module_adapter_bind(struct comp_dev *dev, void *data)
 {
-	struct module_source_info __sparse_cache *mod_source_info;
+	struct module_source_info *mod_source_info;
 	struct processing_module *mod = comp_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct ipc4_module_bind_unbind *bu;
 	struct comp_dev *source_dev;
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h b/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
index 4ec12fd7b531..78b62813e008 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ struct module_source_info *module_source_info_acquire(struct module_source_info
 	return container_of(c, struct module_source_info, c);
 }
 
-static inline void module_source_info_release(struct module_source_info __sparse_cache *msi)
+static inline void module_source_info_release(struct module_source_info *msi)
 {
 	coherent_release_thread(&msi->c, sizeof(*msi));
 }
diff --git a/src/include/sof/coherent.h b/src/include/sof/coherent.h
index 4ca5120cfee9..2b336d3aaa5e 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/coherent.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/coherent.h
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static inline void __coherent_shared_thread(struct coherent *c, const size_t siz
 /*
  * Coherent devices only require locking to manage shared access.
  */
-__must_check static inline struct coherent __sparse_cache *coherent_acquire(struct coherent *c,
+__must_check static inline struct coherent *coherent_acquire(struct coherent *c,
 								     const size_t size)
 {
 	if (c->shared) {
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ __must_check static inline struct coherent __sparse_cache *coherent_acquire(stru
 		dcache_invalidate_region(cc, size);
 	}
 
-	return (__sparse_force struct coherent __sparse_cache *)c;
+	return c;
 }
 
 static inline void coherent_release(struct coherent __sparse_cache *c,