diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c b/drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c
index 9332ae5f6419..ef5751e91cc9 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/dw-i3c-master.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct dw_i3c_xfer {
 	struct completion comp;
 	int ret;
 	unsigned int ncmds;
-	struct dw_i3c_cmd cmds[];
+	struct dw_i3c_cmd cmds[] __counted_by(ncmds);
 };
 
 struct dw_i3c_i2c_dev_data {