diff --git a/tools/topology/topology2/include/pipelines/cavs/wov-detect.conf b/tools/topology/topology2/include/pipelines/cavs/wov-detect.conf
index e35b0b4bde24..94084397a320 100644
--- a/tools/topology/topology2/include/pipelines/cavs/wov-detect.conf
+++ b/tools/topology/topology2/include/pipelines/cavs/wov-detect.conf
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ Class.Pipeline."wov-detect" {
 				out_rate	16000
 				in_channels	2
 				out_channels	1
-				in_ch_map	CHANNEL_MAP_STEREO
+				in_ch_map	$CHANNEL_MAP_STEREO
 				in_ch_cfg	1
-				out_ch_map	CHANNEL_MAP_MONO
+				out_ch_map	$CHANNEL_MAP_MONO
 				out_ch_cfg	0
 				out_bit_depth	32
 				in_bit_depth	32
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Class.Pipeline."wov-detect" {
 				in_channels	1
 				out_channels	1
 				in_ch_cfg	0
-				in_ch_map	CHANNEL_MAP_MONO
+				in_ch_map	$CHANNEL_MAP_MONO
 				out_bit_depth	32
 				in_bit_depth	32
 				in_valid_bit_depth	32
diff --git a/tools/topology/topology2/platform/intel/dmic-wov.conf b/tools/topology/topology2/platform/intel/dmic-wov.conf
index fc01e2fc5ca9..9c3b4b603869 100644
--- a/tools/topology/topology2/platform/intel/dmic-wov.conf
+++ b/tools/topology/topology2/platform/intel/dmic-wov.conf
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ Object.Pipeline {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+	]
 
-		dai-kpb-be.12 {
+	dai-kpb-be [
+		{
 			direction	"capture"
 			format 	$FORMAT
 			rate	16000
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ Object.Pipeline {
 	]
 }
 
-Object.Base.route [ {
+Object.Base.route [
 	{
 		source $DMIC_WOV_DAI_PIPELINE_KPB
 		sink $DMIC1_HOST_PIPELINE_SINK