diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/ad1836.c b/sound/soc/codecs/ad1836.c
index 2c64df96b5ce..949077108bef 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/ad1836.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/ad1836.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static const struct regmap_config ad1836_regmap_config = {
 	.max_register = AD1836_ADC_CTRL3,
 	.reg_defaults = ad1836_reg_defaults,
 	.num_reg_defaults = ARRAY_SIZE(ad1836_reg_defaults),
-	.cache_type = REGCACHE_RBTREE,
+	.cache_type = REGCACHE_MAPLE,
 };
 
 static int ad1836_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)