diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
index 8e0931954497..953868da82fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct bts_buffer {
 	local_t		head;
 	unsigned long	end;
 	void		**data_pages;
-	struct bts_phys	buf[];
+	struct bts_phys	buf[] __counted_by(nr_bufs);
 };
 
 static struct pmu bts_pmu;