diff --git a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
index 405a62bdb9b4..3a621a2fd321 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
@@ -205,25 +205,36 @@ static void copy_single_comp(struct ore_components *oc, unsigned c,
 int __alloc_objio_seg(unsigned numdevs, gfp_t gfp_flags,
 		       struct objio_segment **pseg)
 {
-	struct __alloc_objio_segment {
-		struct objio_segment olseg;
-		struct ore_dev *ods[numdevs];
-		struct ore_comp	comps[numdevs];
-	} *aolseg;
+/*	This is the in memory structure of the objio_segment
+ *
+ *	struct __alloc_objio_segment {
+ *		struct objio_segment olseg;
+ *		struct ore_dev *ods[numdevs];
+ *		struct ore_comp	comps[numdevs];
+ *	} *aolseg;
+ *	NOTE: The code as above compiles and runs perfectly. It is elegant,
+ *	type safe and compact. At some Past time Linus has decided he does not
+ *	like variable length arrays, For the sake of this principal we uglify
+ *	the code as below.
+ */
+	struct objio_segment *lseg;
+	size_t lseg_size = sizeof(*lseg) +
+			numdevs * sizeof(lseg->oc.ods[0]) +
+			numdevs * sizeof(*lseg->oc.comps);
 
-	aolseg = kzalloc(sizeof(*aolseg), gfp_flags);
-	if (unlikely(!aolseg)) {
+	lseg = kzalloc(lseg_size, gfp_flags);
+	if (unlikely(!lseg)) {
 		dprintk("%s: Faild allocation numdevs=%d size=%zd\n", __func__,
-			numdevs, sizeof(*aolseg));
+			numdevs, lseg_size);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	aolseg->olseg.oc.numdevs = numdevs;
-	aolseg->olseg.oc.single_comp = EC_MULTPLE_COMPS;
-	aolseg->olseg.oc.comps = aolseg->comps;
-	aolseg->olseg.oc.ods = aolseg->ods;
+	lseg->oc.numdevs = numdevs;
+	lseg->oc.single_comp = EC_MULTPLE_COMPS;
+	lseg->oc.ods = (void *)(lseg + 1);
+	lseg->oc.comps = (void *)(lseg->oc.ods + numdevs);
 
-	*pseg = &aolseg->olseg;
+	*pseg = lseg;
 	return 0;
 }