diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/i3c-master-cdns.c b/drivers/i3c/master/i3c-master-cdns.c
index 8f1fda3c7ac5..bcbe8f914149 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/i3c-master-cdns.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/i3c-master-cdns.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ struct cdns_i3c_xfer {
 	struct completion comp;
 	int ret;
 	unsigned int ncmds;
-	struct cdns_i3c_cmd cmds[];
+	struct cdns_i3c_cmd cmds[] __counted_by(ncmds);
 };
 
 struct cdns_i3c_data {