diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
index 623caece2b10..add73be4902c 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifspdu.h
@@ -2583,7 +2583,7 @@ struct fea {
 	unsigned char EA_flags;
 	__u8 name_len;
 	__le16 value_len;
-	char name[1];
+	char name[];
 	/* optionally followed by value */
 } __attribute__((packed));
 /* flags for _FEA.fEA */
@@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ struct fea {
 
 struct fealist {
 	__le32 list_len;
-	struct fea list[1];
+	struct fea list;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 /* used to hold an arbitrary blob of data */
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 8c014a3ff9e0..c32bfe68212b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -5787,7 +5787,7 @@ QAllEAsRetry:
 
 	/* account for ea list len */
 	list_len -= 4;
-	temp_fea = ea_response_data->list;
+	temp_fea = &ea_response_data->list;
 	temp_ptr = (char *)temp_fea;
 	while (list_len > 0) {
 		unsigned int name_len;
@@ -5902,7 +5902,7 @@ SetEARetry:
 	else
 		name_len = strnlen(ea_name, 255);
 
-	count = sizeof(*parm_data) + ea_value_len + name_len;
+	count = sizeof(*parm_data) + 1 + ea_value_len + name_len;
 	pSMB->MaxParameterCount = cpu_to_le16(2);
 	/* BB find max SMB PDU from sess */
 	pSMB->MaxDataCount = cpu_to_le16(1000);
@@ -5926,14 +5926,14 @@ SetEARetry:
 	byte_count = 3 /* pad */  + params + count;
 	pSMB->DataCount = cpu_to_le16(count);
 	parm_data->list_len = cpu_to_le32(count);
-	parm_data->list[0].EA_flags = 0;
+	parm_data->list.EA_flags = 0;
 	/* we checked above that name len is less than 255 */
-	parm_data->list[0].name_len = (__u8)name_len;
+	parm_data->list.name_len = (__u8)name_len;
 	/* EA names are always ASCII */
 	if (ea_name)
-		strncpy(parm_data->list[0].name, ea_name, name_len);
-	parm_data->list[0].name[name_len] = 0;
-	parm_data->list[0].value_len = cpu_to_le16(ea_value_len);
+		strncpy(parm_data->list.name, ea_name, name_len);
+	parm_data->list.name[name_len] = '\0';
+	parm_data->list.value_len = cpu_to_le16(ea_value_len);
 	/* caller ensures that ea_value_len is less than 64K but
 	we need to ensure that it fits within the smb */
 
@@ -5941,7 +5941,7 @@ SetEARetry:
 	     negotiated SMB buffer size BB */
 	/* if (ea_value_len > buffer_size - 512 (enough for header)) */
 	if (ea_value_len)
-		memcpy(parm_data->list[0].name+name_len+1,
+		memcpy(parm_data->list.name + name_len + 1,
 		       ea_value, ea_value_len);
 
 	pSMB->TotalDataCount = pSMB->DataCount;