diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index f2662c21a6df..f276e9460feb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ struct crypt_config {
 	struct mutex bio_alloc_lock;
 
 	u8 *authenc_key; /* space for keys in authenc() format (if used) */
-	u8 key[];
+	u8 key[] __counted_by(key_size);
 };
 
 #define MIN_IOS		64