diff --git a/audio/effect/4.0/types.hal b/audio/effect/4.0/types.hal
index 0f76601493..2a8f4b86bc 100644
--- a/audio/effect/4.0/types.hal
+++ b/audio/effect/4.0/types.hal
@@ -200,16 +200,16 @@ enum EffectFlags : int32_t {
  * enumeration of the effect engines present in a library.
  */
 struct EffectDescriptor {
-    Uuid type;             // UUID of to the OpenSL ES interface implemented
-                           // by this effect
-    Uuid uuid;             // UUID for this particular implementation
-    EffectFlags flags;     // effect engine capabilities/requirements flags
-    uint16_t cpuLoad;      // CPU load indication expressed in 0.1 MIPS units
-                           // as estimated on an ARM9E core (ARMv5TE) with 0 WS
-    uint16_t memoryUsage;  // data memory usage expressed in KB and includes
-                           // only dynamically allocated memory
-    uint8_t[64] name;      // human readable effect name
-    uint8_t[64] implementor;  // human readable effect implementor name
+    Uuid type;                   // UUID of to the OpenSL ES interface implemented
+                                 // by this effect
+    Uuid uuid;                   // UUID for this particular implementation
+    bitfield<EffectFlags> flags; // effect engine capabilities/requirements flags
+    uint16_t cpuLoad;            // CPU load indication expressed in 0.1 MIPS units
+                                 // as estimated on an ARM9E core (ARMv5TE) with 0 WS
+    uint16_t memoryUsage;        // data memory usage expressed in KB and includes
+                                 // only dynamically allocated memory
+    uint8_t[64] name;            // human readable effect name
+    uint8_t[64] implementor;     // human readable effect implementor name
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/audio/effect/all-versions/default/include/effect/all-versions/default/Conversions.impl.h b/audio/effect/all-versions/default/include/effect/all-versions/default/Conversions.impl.h
index 44adf4b2ce..de67d89dda 100644
--- a/audio/effect/all-versions/default/include/effect/all-versions/default/Conversions.impl.h
+++ b/audio/effect/all-versions/default/include/effect/all-versions/default/Conversions.impl.h
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 #include <memory.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include <common/all-versions/VersionUtils.h>
+
 using ::android::hardware::audio::common::AUDIO_HAL_VERSION::HidlUtils;
+using ::android::hardware::audio::common::utils::mkEnumConverter;
 
 namespace android {
 namespace hardware {
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ void effectDescriptorFromHal(const effect_descriptor_t& halDescriptor,
                              EffectDescriptor* descriptor) {
     HidlUtils::uuidFromHal(halDescriptor.type, &descriptor->type);
     HidlUtils::uuidFromHal(halDescriptor.uuid, &descriptor->uuid);
-    descriptor->flags = EffectFlags(halDescriptor.flags);
+    descriptor->flags = mkEnumConverter<EffectFlags>(halDescriptor.flags);
     descriptor->cpuLoad = halDescriptor.cpuLoad;
     descriptor->memoryUsage = halDescriptor.memoryUsage;
     memcpy(descriptor->name.data(), halDescriptor.name, descriptor->name.size());
diff --git a/current.txt b/current.txt
index 5aa62591f4..1775654308 100644
--- a/current.txt
+++ b/current.txt
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ a91b547f5922f39fe4231d97fac1c3825c1c1b0c8ef7a5136689ceed37e8bfe9 android.hardwar
 3661fa0623056922fdc4235ac5a9c91a2d066ab6f1ab4297e3b240fe302ba500 android.hardware.audio.effect@4.0::IPresetReverbEffect
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 fe28829dab10d171783b79ac9cc45412739f8ff275e90228d7c6370ef189b859 android.hardware.audio.effect@4.0::IVisualizerEffect
-5d92f6fd58d40c56611bb12f03be6af9bcf2bb73dfb35b77a99bbf2c3ea5439b android.hardware.audio.effect@4.0::types
+21c8a702579356480236c6851b5b2c16b9bd369ce12bdd6ffdc4626a89f34f73  android.hardware.audio.effect@4.0::types
 42a06dc288f61b0690580f3d37b30b663c31d74d50bb58d0772386b550d5faab android.hardware.authsecret@1.0::IAuthSecret
 a0f93c768c353cecee6237fe479bce47404eb10b629fafe07e32a054fd67f2af android.hardware.automotive.audiocontrol@1.0::IAudioControl
 ca515ff4b63c80cf5ad7b3395c997c57d6c56157361f6c367d1c96f23cc4860a android.hardware.automotive.audiocontrol@1.0::types