diff --git a/include/linux/dm-verity-loadpin.h b/include/linux/dm-verity-loadpin.h
index 552b817ab102..3ac6dbaeaa37 100644
--- a/include/linux/dm-verity-loadpin.h
+++ b/include/linux/dm-verity-loadpin.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ extern struct list_head dm_verity_loadpin_trusted_root_digests;
 struct dm_verity_loadpin_trusted_root_digest {
 	struct list_head node;
 	unsigned int len;
-	u8 data[];
+	u8 data[] __counted_by(len);
 };
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURITY_LOADPIN_VERITY)
diff --git a/security/loadpin/loadpin.c b/security/loadpin/loadpin.c
index ebae964f7cc9..a9d40456a064 100644
--- a/security/loadpin/loadpin.c
+++ b/security/loadpin/loadpin.c
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ static int read_trusted_verity_root_digests(unsigned int fd)
 			rc = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err;
 		}
+		trd->len = len;
 
 		if (hex2bin(trd->data, d, len)) {
 			kfree(trd);
@@ -343,8 +344,6 @@ static int read_trusted_verity_root_digests(unsigned int fd)
 			goto err;
 		}
 
-		trd->len = len;
-
 		list_add_tail(&trd->node, &dm_verity_loadpin_trusted_root_digests);
 	}