diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c
index 6ac6ee41a6a3..8f4672daac7f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_property.c
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ drm_property_create_blob(struct drm_device *dev, size_t length,
 	/* This must be explicitly initialised, so we can safely call list_del
 	 * on it in the removal handler, even if it isn't in a file list. */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&blob->head_file);
+	blob->data = (void *)blob + sizeof(*blob);
 	blob->length = length;
 	blob->dev = dev;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_property.h b/include/drm/drm_property.h
index 937757a8a568..d1423c7f3c73 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_property.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_property.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ struct drm_property_blob {
 	struct list_head head_global;
 	struct list_head head_file;
 	size_t length;
-	unsigned char data[];
+	void *data;
 };
 
 struct drm_prop_enum_list {