diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index ea5b85354526..b49824001cfa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev)
 	dev->dma_coherent = dma_default_coherent;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SWIOTLB
-	dev->dma_io_tlb_mem = io_tlb_default_mem;
+	dev->dma_io_tlb_mem = &io_tlb_default_mem;
 #endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_initialize);
diff --git a/drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c b/drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c
index 785ec7e8be01..f06d9b4f1e0f 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/swiotlb-xen.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ int __ref xen_swiotlb_init(void)
 	int rc = -ENOMEM;
 	char *start;
 
-	if (io_tlb_default_mem != NULL) {
+	if (io_tlb_default_mem.nslabs) {
 		pr_warn("swiotlb buffer already initialized\n");
 		return -EEXIST;
 	}
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ xen_swiotlb_sync_sg_for_device(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sgl,
 static int
 xen_swiotlb_dma_supported(struct device *hwdev, u64 mask)
 {
-	return xen_phys_to_dma(hwdev, io_tlb_default_mem->end - 1) <= mask;
+	return xen_phys_to_dma(hwdev, io_tlb_default_mem.end - 1) <= mask;
 }
 
 const struct dma_map_ops xen_swiotlb_dma_ops = {
diff --git a/include/linux/swiotlb.h b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
index 39284ff2a6cd..b0cb2a9973f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/swiotlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/swiotlb.h
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ struct io_tlb_mem {
 		phys_addr_t orig_addr;
 		size_t alloc_size;
 		unsigned int list;
-	} slots[];
+	} *slots;
 };
-extern struct io_tlb_mem *io_tlb_default_mem;
+extern struct io_tlb_mem io_tlb_default_mem;
 
 static inline bool is_swiotlb_buffer(struct device *dev, phys_addr_t paddr)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
index f1a9ae7fad8f..7948f274f9bb 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/swiotlb.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 enum swiotlb_force swiotlb_force;
 
-struct io_tlb_mem *io_tlb_default_mem;
+struct io_tlb_mem io_tlb_default_mem;
 
 /*
  * Max segment that we can provide which (if pages are contingous) will
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ early_param("swiotlb", setup_io_tlb_npages);
 
 unsigned int swiotlb_max_segment(void)
 {
-	return io_tlb_default_mem ? max_segment : 0;
+	return io_tlb_default_mem.nslabs ? max_segment : 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(swiotlb_max_segment);
 
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ void __init swiotlb_adjust_size(unsigned long size)
 
 void swiotlb_print_info(void)
 {
-	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = io_tlb_default_mem;
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = &io_tlb_default_mem;
 
-	if (!mem) {
+	if (!mem->nslabs) {
 		pr_warn("No low mem\n");
 		return;
 	}
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@ static inline unsigned long nr_slots(u64 val)
  */
 void __init swiotlb_update_mem_attributes(void)
 {
-	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = io_tlb_default_mem;
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = &io_tlb_default_mem;
 	void *vaddr;
 	unsigned long bytes;
 
-	if (!mem || mem->late_alloc)
+	if (!mem->nslabs || mem->late_alloc)
 		return;
 	vaddr = phys_to_virt(mem->start);
 	bytes = PAGE_ALIGN(mem->nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT);
@@ -201,25 +201,24 @@ static void swiotlb_init_io_tlb_mem(struct io_tlb_mem *mem, phys_addr_t start,
 
 int __init swiotlb_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs, int verbose)
 {
-	struct io_tlb_mem *mem;
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = &io_tlb_default_mem;
 	size_t alloc_size;
 
 	if (swiotlb_force == SWIOTLB_NO_FORCE)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* protect against double initialization */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(io_tlb_default_mem))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mem->nslabs))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	alloc_size = PAGE_ALIGN(struct_size(mem, slots, nslabs));
-	mem = memblock_alloc(alloc_size, PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (!mem)
+	alloc_size = PAGE_ALIGN(array_size(sizeof(*mem->slots), nslabs));
+	mem->slots = memblock_alloc(alloc_size, PAGE_SIZE);
+	if (!mem->slots)
 		panic("%s: Failed to allocate %zu bytes align=0x%lx\n",
 		      __func__, alloc_size, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	swiotlb_init_io_tlb_mem(mem, __pa(tlb), nslabs, false);
 
-	io_tlb_default_mem = mem;
 	if (verbose)
 		swiotlb_print_info();
 	swiotlb_set_max_segment(mem->nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT);
@@ -304,26 +303,24 @@ swiotlb_late_init_with_default_size(size_t default_size)
 int
 swiotlb_late_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs)
 {
-	struct io_tlb_mem *mem;
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = &io_tlb_default_mem;
 	unsigned long bytes = nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT;
 
 	if (swiotlb_force == SWIOTLB_NO_FORCE)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* protect against double initialization */
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(io_tlb_default_mem))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mem->nslabs))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mem = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL,
-		get_order(struct_size(mem, slots, nslabs)));
-	if (!mem)
+	mem->slots = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
+		get_order(array_size(sizeof(*mem->slots), nslabs)));
+	if (!mem->slots)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem));
 	set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)tlb, bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	swiotlb_init_io_tlb_mem(mem, virt_to_phys(tlb), nslabs, true);
 
-	io_tlb_default_mem = mem;
 	swiotlb_print_info();
 	swiotlb_set_max_segment(mem->nslabs << IO_TLB_SHIFT);
 	return 0;
@@ -331,18 +328,18 @@ swiotlb_late_init_with_tbl(char *tlb, unsigned long nslabs)
 
 void __init swiotlb_exit(void)
 {
-	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = io_tlb_default_mem;
 	size_t size;
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = &io_tlb_default_mem;
 
-	if (!mem)
+	if (!mem->nslabs)
 		return;
 
-	size = struct_size(mem, slots, mem->nslabs);
+	size = array_size(sizeof(*mem->slots), mem->nslabs);
 	if (mem->late_alloc)
-		free_pages((unsigned long)mem, get_order(size));
+		free_pages((unsigned long)mem->slots, get_order(size));
 	else
-		memblock_free_late(__pa(mem), PAGE_ALIGN(size));
-	io_tlb_default_mem = NULL;
+		memblock_free_late(__pa(mem->slots), PAGE_ALIGN(size));
+	memset(mem, 0, sizeof(*mem));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -696,7 +693,9 @@ size_t swiotlb_max_mapping_size(struct device *dev)
 
 bool is_swiotlb_active(struct device *dev)
 {
-	return dev->dma_io_tlb_mem != NULL;
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = dev->dma_io_tlb_mem;
+
+	return mem && mem->nslabs;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_swiotlb_active);
 
@@ -711,10 +710,10 @@ static void swiotlb_create_debugfs_files(struct io_tlb_mem *mem)
 
 static int __init swiotlb_create_default_debugfs(void)
 {
-	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = io_tlb_default_mem;
+	struct io_tlb_mem *mem = &io_tlb_default_mem;
 
 	debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("swiotlb", NULL);
-	if (mem) {
+	if (mem->nslabs) {
 		mem->debugfs = debugfs_dir;
 		swiotlb_create_debugfs_files(mem);
 	}
@@ -783,10 +782,17 @@ static int rmem_swiotlb_device_init(struct reserved_mem *rmem,
 	 * to it.
 	 */
 	if (!mem) {
-		mem = kzalloc(struct_size(mem, slots, nslabs), GFP_KERNEL);
+		mem = kzalloc(sizeof(*mem), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!mem)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
+		mem->slots = kzalloc(array_size(sizeof(*mem->slots), nslabs),
+				     GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!mem->slots) {
+			kfree(mem);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
 		set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)phys_to_virt(rmem->base),
 				     rmem->size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 		swiotlb_init_io_tlb_mem(mem, rmem->base, nslabs, false);
@@ -806,7 +812,7 @@ static int rmem_swiotlb_device_init(struct reserved_mem *rmem,
 static void rmem_swiotlb_device_release(struct reserved_mem *rmem,
 					struct device *dev)
 {
-	dev->dma_io_tlb_mem = io_tlb_default_mem;
+	dev->dma_io_tlb_mem = &io_tlb_default_mem;
 }
 
 static const struct reserved_mem_ops rmem_swiotlb_ops = {