diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index d1c02a4fe9f85d056340752513b327ea92703609..439a73d53c9ed4536e47368c40dfb8aec134488f 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -1680,6 +1680,8 @@ static void *vmstat_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
 	stat_items_size += sizeof(struct vm_event_state);
 #endif
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(stat_items_size !=
+		     ARRAY_SIZE(vmstat_text) * sizeof(unsigned long));
 	v = kmalloc(stat_items_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	m->private = v;
 	if (!v)