diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.h b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.h
index aed0748fd6ec..c7bb5da93307 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct nfs4_file_layout_dsaddr {
 	u32				stripe_count;
 	u8				*stripe_indices;
 	u32				ds_num;
-	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds		*ds_list[];
+	struct nfs4_pnfs_ds		*ds_list[] __counted_by(ds_num);
 };
 
 struct nfs4_filelayout_segment {