diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c
index 8c041d7ce4f1b..87dccaecc3e57 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/hgsmi_base.c
@@ -139,7 +139,15 @@ int hgsmi_update_pointer_shape(struct gen_pool *ctx, u32 flags,
 		flags |= VBOX_MOUSE_POINTER_VISIBLE;
 	}
 
-	p = hgsmi_buffer_alloc(ctx, sizeof(*p) + pixel_len, HGSMI_CH_VBVA,
+	/*
+	 * The 4 extra bytes come from switching struct vbva_mouse_pointer_shape
+	 * from having a 4 bytes fixed array at the end to using a proper VLA
+	 * at the end. These 4 extra bytes were not subtracted from sizeof(*p)
+	 * before the switch to the VLA, so this way the behavior is unchanged.
+	 * Chances are these 4 extra bytes are not necessary but they are kept
+	 * to avoid regressions.
+	 */
+	p = hgsmi_buffer_alloc(ctx, sizeof(*p) + pixel_len + 4, HGSMI_CH_VBVA,
 			       VBVA_MOUSE_POINTER_SHAPE);
 	if (!p)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h
index f60d82504da02..79ec8481de0e4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vboxvideo.h
@@ -351,10 +351,8 @@ struct vbva_mouse_pointer_shape {
 	 * Bytes in the gap between the AND and the XOR mask are undefined.
 	 * XOR mask scanlines have no gap between them and size of XOR mask is:
 	 * xor_len = width * 4 * height.
-	 *
-	 * Preallocate 4 bytes for accessing actual data as p->data.
 	 */
-	u8 data[4];
+	u8 data[];
 } __packed;
 
 /* pointer is visible */