struct wil6210_priv *wil = wiphy_to_wil(wiphy);
        struct wireless_dev *wdev = request->wdev;
        struct wil6210_vif *vif = wdev_to_vif(wil, wdev);
-       struct {
-               struct wmi_start_scan_cmd cmd;
-               u16 chnl[4];
-       } __packed cmd;
+       DEFINE_FLEX(struct wmi_start_scan_cmd, cmd,
+                   channel_list, num_channels, 4);
        uint i, n;
        int rc;
 
        vif->scan_request = request;
        mod_timer(&vif->scan_timer, jiffies + WIL6210_SCAN_TO);
 
-       memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
-       cmd.cmd.scan_type = WMI_ACTIVE_SCAN;
-       cmd.cmd.num_channels = 0;
+       cmd->scan_type = WMI_ACTIVE_SCAN;
+       cmd->num_channels = 0;
        n = min(request->n_channels, 4U);
        for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                int ch = request->channels[i]->hw_value;
                        continue;
                }
                /* 0-based channel indexes */
-               cmd.cmd.channel_list[cmd.cmd.num_channels++].channel = ch - 1;
+               cmd->num_channels++;
+               cmd->channel_list[cmd->num_channels - 1].channel = ch - 1;
                wil_dbg_misc(wil, "Scan for ch %d  : %d MHz\n", ch,
                             request->channels[i]->center_freq);
        }
        if (rc)
                goto out_restore;
 
-       if (wil->discovery_mode && cmd.cmd.scan_type == WMI_ACTIVE_SCAN) {
-               cmd.cmd.discovery_mode = 1;
+       if (wil->discovery_mode && cmd->scan_type == WMI_ACTIVE_SCAN) {
+               cmd->discovery_mode = 1;
                wil_dbg_misc(wil, "active scan with discovery_mode=1\n");
        }
 
        if (vif->mid == 0)
                wil->radio_wdev = wdev;
        rc = wmi_send(wil, WMI_START_SCAN_CMDID, vif->mid,
-                     &cmd, sizeof(cmd.cmd) +
-                     cmd.cmd.num_channels * sizeof(cmd.cmd.channel_list[0]));
+                     cmd, struct_size(cmd, channel_list, cmd->num_channels));
 
 out_restore:
        if (rc) {