diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index 680d1ef2a217..431e9e5bf9c1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct port_buffer {
 	unsigned int sgpages;
 
 	/* sg is used if spages > 0. sg must be the last in is struct */
-	struct scatterlist sg[];
+	struct scatterlist sg[] __counted_by(sgpages);
 };
 
 /*