diff --git a/cpu/esp32/periph/sdmmc.c b/cpu/esp32/periph/sdmmc.c
index 0df13310b536..82edb754c53b 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/periph/sdmmc.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/periph/sdmmc.c
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ static void _init(sdmmc_dev_t *sdmmc_dev)
     sdmmc_dev->bus_width = SDMMC_BUS_WIDTH_1BIT; // SDMMC_BUS_WIDTH_4BIT;
 }
 
-static int _send_cmd(sdmmc_dev_t *sdmmc_dev, uint8_t cmd_idx, uint32_t arg,
-                     uint8_t resp_type, uint32_t *resp)
+static int _send_cmd(sdmmc_dev_t *sdmmc_dev, sdmmc_cmd_t cmd_idx, uint32_t arg,
+                     sdmmc_resp_t resp_type, uint32_t *resp)
 {
     /* to ensure that `sdmmc_send_acmd` is used for application specific commands */
     assert((cmd_idx & SDMMC_ACMD_PREFIX) == 0);