diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/mon_client.h b/include/linux/ceph/mon_client.h
index b658961156a0..7a9a40163c0f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/mon_client.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/mon_client.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct ceph_monmap {
 	struct ceph_fsid fsid;
 	u32 epoch;
 	u32 num_mon;
-	struct ceph_entity_inst mon_inst[];
+	struct ceph_entity_inst mon_inst[] __counted_by(num_mon);
 };
 
 struct ceph_mon_client;
diff --git a/net/ceph/mon_client.c b/net/ceph/mon_client.c
index faabad6603db..f263f7e91a21 100644
--- a/net/ceph/mon_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/mon_client.c
@@ -1136,6 +1136,7 @@ static int build_initial_monmap(struct ceph_mon_client *monc)
 			       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!monc->monmap)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	monc->monmap->num_mon = num_mon;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_mon; i++) {
 		struct ceph_entity_inst *inst = &monc->monmap->mon_inst[i];
@@ -1147,7 +1148,6 @@ static int build_initial_monmap(struct ceph_mon_client *monc)
 		inst->name.type = CEPH_ENTITY_TYPE_MON;
 		inst->name.num = cpu_to_le64(i);
 	}
-	monc->monmap->num_mon = num_mon;
 	return 0;
 }