diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c
index 372664686309..7410a1de8f1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static void emac_hash_mc(struct emac_instance *dev)
 {
 	const int regs = EMAC_XAHT_REGS(dev);
 	u32 *gaht_base = emac_gaht_base(dev);
-	u32 gaht_temp[regs];
+	u32 gaht_temp[EMAC_XAHT_MAX_REGS];
 	struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
 	int i;
 
@@ -2964,6 +2964,10 @@ static int emac_init_config(struct emac_instance *dev)
 		dev->xaht_width_shift = EMAC4_XAHT_WIDTH_SHIFT;
 	}
 
+	/* This should never happen */
+	if (WARN_ON(EMAC_XAHT_REGS(dev) > EMAC_XAHT_MAX_REGS))
+		return -ENXIO;
+
 	DBG(dev, "features     : 0x%08x / 0x%08x\n", dev->features, EMAC_FTRS_POSSIBLE);
 	DBG(dev, "tx_fifo_size : %d (%d gige)\n", dev->tx_fifo_size, dev->tx_fifo_size_gige);
 	DBG(dev, "rx_fifo_size : %d (%d gige)\n", dev->rx_fifo_size, dev->rx_fifo_size_gige);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.h
index 369de2cfb15b..84caa4a3fc52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.h
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ static inline int emac_has_feature(struct emac_instance *dev,
 #define	EMAC4SYNC_XAHT_SLOTS_SHIFT	8
 #define	EMAC4SYNC_XAHT_WIDTH_SHIFT	5
 
+/* The largest span between slots and widths above is 3 */
+#define	EMAC_XAHT_MAX_REGS		(1 << 3)
+
 #define	EMAC_XAHT_SLOTS(dev)         	(1 << (dev)->xaht_slots_shift)
 #define	EMAC_XAHT_WIDTH(dev)         	(1 << (dev)->xaht_width_shift)
 #define	EMAC_XAHT_REGS(dev)          	(1 << ((dev)->xaht_slots_shift - \