diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_app.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_app.c
index 9dacbb8570c9..aa5b535e6662 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_app.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_app.c
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ static long mpi3mr_bsg_process_mpt_cmds(struct bsg_job *job, unsigned int *reply
 	if ((mpirep_offset != 0xFF) &&
 	    drv_bufs[mpirep_offset].bsg_buf_len) {
 		drv_buf_iter = &drv_bufs[mpirep_offset];
-		drv_buf_iter->kern_buf_len = (sizeof(*bsg_reply_buf) - 1 +
+		drv_buf_iter->kern_buf_len = (sizeof(*bsg_reply_buf) +
 					   mrioc->reply_sz);
 		bsg_reply_buf = kzalloc(drv_buf_iter->kern_buf_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_mpi3mr.h b/include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_mpi3mr.h
index 907d345f04f9..353183e863e4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_mpi3mr.h
+++ b/include/uapi/scsi/scsi_bsg_mpi3mr.h
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ struct mpi3mr_bsg_in_reply_buf {
 	__u8	mpi_reply_type;
 	__u8	rsvd1;
 	__u16	rsvd2;
-	__u8	reply_buf[1];
+	__u8	reply_buf[];
 };
 
 /**