diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 1afe38eb33f7..7f0a83451bc0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ struct svc_deferred_req {
 	struct cache_deferred_req handle;
 	size_t			xprt_hlen;
 	int			argslen;
-	__be32			args[0];
+	__be32			args[];
 };
 
 struct svc_process_info {