diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_download.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_download.c
index 3672291ced5c..5e5bada28b5b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_download.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_download.c
@@ -732,8 +732,7 @@ static int prism2_download(local_info_t *local,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	dl = kzalloc(sizeof(*dl) + param->num_areas *
-		     sizeof(struct prism2_download_data_area), GFP_KERNEL);
+	dl = kzalloc(struct_size(dl, data, param->num_areas), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (dl == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_wlan.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_wlan.h
index c25cd21d18bd..f71c0545c0be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_wlan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intersil/hostap/hostap_wlan.h
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ struct prism2_download_data {
 		u32 addr; /* wlan card address */
 		u32 len;
 		u8 *data; /* allocated data */
-	} data[];
+	} data[] __counted_by(num_areas);
 };