end = (struct smb2_error_context_rsp *)((u8 *)err + iov->iov_len);
                do {
                        if (le32_to_cpu(p->ErrorId) == SMB2_ERROR_ID_DEFAULT) {
-                               sym = (struct smb2_symlink_err_rsp *)&p->ErrorContextData;
+                               sym = (struct smb2_symlink_err_rsp *)p->ErrorContextData;
                                break;
                        }
                        cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: skipping unhandled error context: 0x%x\n",
                                 __func__, le32_to_cpu(p->ErrorId));
 
                        len = ALIGN(le32_to_cpu(p->ErrorDataLength), 8);
-                       p = (struct smb2_error_context_rsp *)((u8 *)&p->ErrorContextData + len);
+                       p = (struct smb2_error_context_rsp *)(p->ErrorContextData + len);
                } while (p < end);
        } else if (le32_to_cpu(err->ByteCount) >= sizeof(*sym) &&
                   iov->iov_len >= SMB2_SYMLINK_STRUCT_SIZE) {
 
 struct smb2_error_context_rsp {
        __le32 ErrorDataLength;
        __le32 ErrorId;
-       __u8  ErrorContextData; /* ErrorDataLength long array */
+       __u8  ErrorContextData[] __counted_by_le(ErrorDataLength);
 } __packed;
 
 /* ErrorId values */