diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_eld.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_eld.c
index 9b697a28cf53..79ca80f6c77a 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_eld.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_eld.c
@@ -792,12 +792,15 @@ int snd_hdmi_get_eld_ati(struct hda_codec *codec, hda_nid_t nid,
 		/* else unknown/invalid or 0ms or video ahead of audio, so use zero */
 	}
 
-	/* Baseline length */
-	buf[2] = pos - 4;
-
 	/* SAD count */
 	buf[5] |= ((pos - ELD_FIXED_BYTES - sink_desc_len) / 3) << 4;
 
+	/* Baseline ELD block length is 4-byte aligned */
+	pos = round_up(pos, 4);
+
+	/* Baseline ELD length (4-byte header is not counted in) */
+	buf[2] = (pos - 4) / 4;
+
 	*eld_size = pos;
 
 	return 0;