diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 966eb4b61aed565c7621958c55174140d19824a8..c72a77048b73befd6ad3de81ebc2be18349958dd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ static int copy_params(struct dm_ioctl __user *user, struct dm_ioctl *param_kern
 {
 	struct dm_ioctl *dmi;
 	int secure_data;
-	const size_t minimum_data_size = sizeof(*param_kernel) - sizeof(param_kernel->data);
+	const size_t minimum_data_size = offsetof(struct dm_ioctl, data);
 
 	if (copy_from_user(param_kernel, user, minimum_data_size))
 		return -EFAULT;