diff --git a/wmi/inc/wmi_unified_priv.h b/wmi/inc/wmi_unified_priv.h
index 736f9df03f86..ca0e9c6f78d8 100644
--- a/wmi/inc/wmi_unified_priv.h
+++ b/wmi/inc/wmi_unified_priv.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ struct fwdebug {
  * @ task - WMI workqueue task struct
  */
 struct wmi_wq_dbg_info {
-	uint16_t wd_msg_type_id;
+	uint32_t wd_msg_type_id;
 	qdf_workqueue_t *wmi_wq;
 	qdf_thread_t *task;
 };
diff --git a/wmi/src/wmi_unified.c b/wmi/src/wmi_unified.c
index bc0580c415ce..db2b082e9bec 100644
--- a/wmi/src/wmi_unified.c
+++ b/wmi/src/wmi_unified.c
@@ -1873,7 +1873,7 @@ end:
 
 #define WMI_WQ_WD_TIMEOUT (10 * 1000) /* 10s */
 
-static inline void wmi_workqueue_watchdog_warn(uint16_t msg_type_id)
+static inline void wmi_workqueue_watchdog_warn(uint32_t msg_type_id)
 {
 	QDF_TRACE(QDF_MODULE_ID_QDF, QDF_TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR,
 		  "%s: Message type %x has exceeded its alloted time of %ds",