diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index d877a1a1aeb4..c7f91a82e634 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -1117,7 +1117,8 @@ void qcom_glink_native_rx(struct qcom_glink *glink)
 			qcom_glink_rx_advance(glink, ALIGN(sizeof(msg), 8));
 			break;
 		case GLINK_CMD_OPEN:
-			ret = qcom_glink_rx_defer(glink, param2);
+			/* upper 16 bits of param2 are the "prio" field */
+			ret = qcom_glink_rx_defer(glink, param2 & 0xffff);
 			break;
 		case GLINK_CMD_TX_DATA:
 		case GLINK_CMD_TX_DATA_CONT: