diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
index cd13c1c1224f..4330b672d99e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ struct airoha_ppe {
 	struct rhashtable l2_flows;
 
 	struct hlist_head *foe_flow;
-	u16 foe_check_time[PPE_NUM_ENTRIES];
+	u16 *foe_check_time;
 
 	struct airoha_foe_stats *foe_stats;
 	dma_addr_t foe_stats_dma;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
index 691361b25407..8d1dceadce0b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
@@ -1440,6 +1440,11 @@ int airoha_ppe_init(struct airoha_eth *eth)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	ppe->foe_check_time = devm_kzalloc(eth->dev, PPE_NUM_ENTRIES,
+					   GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ppe->foe_check_time)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = rhashtable_init(&eth->flow_table, &airoha_flow_table_params);
 	if (err)
 		return err;