#define ATH9K_RSSI_BAD                 -128
 
+#define ATH9K_NUM_CHANNELS     38
+
 /* Register read/write primitives */
 #define REG_WRITE(_ah, _reg, _val) \
        ath9k_hw_common(_ah)->ops->write((_ah), (_val), (_reg))
        struct ath9k_hw_version hw_version;
        struct ath9k_ops_config config;
        struct ath9k_hw_capabilities caps;
-       struct ath9k_channel channels[38];
+       struct ath9k_channel channels[ATH9K_NUM_CHANNELS];
        struct ath9k_channel *curchan;
 
        union {
 
 {
        void *channels;
 
+       BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(ath9k_2ghz_chantable) +
+                    ARRAY_SIZE(ath9k_5ghz_chantable) !=
+                    ATH9K_NUM_CHANNELS);
+
        if (test_bit(ATH9K_MODE_11G, sc->sc_ah->caps.wireless_modes)) {
                channels = kmemdup(ath9k_2ghz_chantable,
                        sizeof(ath9k_2ghz_chantable), GFP_KERNEL);