diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_state_monitor.c b/drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_state_monitor.c
index 80edb8e75a6a..0bc97430211b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_state_monitor.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_state_monitor.c
@@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ int t7xx_fsm_append_event(struct t7xx_fsm_ctl *ctl, enum t7xx_fsm_event_state ev
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	event = kmalloc(sizeof(*event) + length, in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL);
+	event = kmalloc(struct_size(event, data, length),
+			in_interrupt() ? GFP_ATOMIC : GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!event)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_state_monitor.h b/drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_state_monitor.h
index b6e76f3903c8..b0b3662ae6d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_state_monitor.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wwan/t7xx/t7xx_state_monitor.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct t7xx_fsm_event {
 	struct list_head	entry;
 	enum t7xx_fsm_event_state event_id;
 	unsigned int		length;
-	unsigned char		data[];
+	unsigned char		data[] __counted_by(length);
 };
 
 struct t7xx_fsm_command {