diff --git a/fs/select.c b/fs/select.c
index 9515c3fa1a03..1a4849e2afb9 100644
--- a/fs/select.c
+++ b/fs/select.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(old_select, struct sel_arg_struct __user *, arg)
 struct poll_list {
 	struct poll_list *next;
 	unsigned int len;
-	struct pollfd entries[];
+	struct pollfd entries[] __counted_by(len);
 };
 
 #define POLLFD_PER_PAGE  ((PAGE_SIZE-sizeof(struct poll_list)) / sizeof(struct pollfd))