diff --git a/include/linux/memcontrol.h b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
index 031102ac9311e..c6029aeaa2682 100644
--- a/include/linux/memcontrol.h
+++ b/include/linux/memcontrol.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup_threshold_ary {
 	/* Size of entries[] */
 	unsigned int size;
 	/* Array of thresholds */
-	struct mem_cgroup_threshold entries[];
+	struct mem_cgroup_threshold entries[] __counted_by(size);
 };
 
 struct mem_cgroup_thresholds {