diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.h b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.h
index 8d82f5cc2fe1..391fd7b4ed5e 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.h
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct snd_usx2y_async_seq {
 struct snd_usx2y_urb_seq {
 	int	submitted;
 	int	len;
-	struct urb	*urb[];
+	struct urb	*urb[] __counted_by(len);
 };
 
 #include "usx2yhwdeppcm.h"
diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2yaudio.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2yaudio.c
index 5197599e7aa6..ca7888495a9f 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2yaudio.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2yaudio.c
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ static int usx2y_rate_set(struct usx2ydev *usx2y, int rate)
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
+		us->len = NOOF_SETRATE_URBS;
 		usbdata = kmalloc_array(NOOF_SETRATE_URBS, sizeof(int),
 					GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!usbdata) {
@@ -702,7 +703,6 @@ static int usx2y_rate_set(struct usx2ydev *usx2y, int rate)
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto cleanup;
 		us->submitted =	0;
-		us->len =	NOOF_SETRATE_URBS;
 		usx2y->us04 =	us;
 		wait_event_timeout(usx2y->in04_wait_queue, !us->len, HZ);
 		usx2y->us04 =	NULL;