diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c
index 318e65c659992b807cb859196fe00334c4ed4756..c51f4bb086fdd8135c87771950f927d3fab76cac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500mc.c
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create_e500mc(struct kvm *kvm,
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	int err;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct kvmppc_vcpu_e500, vcpu) != 0);
+
 	vcpu_e500 = kmem_cache_zalloc(kvm_vcpu_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vcpu_e500) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;