diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index d463b9b5a0a5..540c2c6c9afd 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ struct request_queue {
 
 	/* hw dispatch queues */
 	unsigned int		nr_hw_queues;
-	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx * __rcu *queue_hw_ctx;
+	struct blk_mq_hw_ctx * __rcu *queue_hw_ctx __counted_by_ptr(nr_hw_queues);
 
 	struct percpu_ref	q_usage_counter;
 	struct lock_class_key	io_lock_cls_key;