diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index b6d9f14bc234..588f22f1b5bd 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_hmac(struct dentry *dentry,
 	/* check value type */
 	switch (xattr_data->type) {
 	case EVM_XATTR_HMAC:
-		if (xattr_len != sizeof(struct evm_ima_xattr_data)) {
+		if (xattr_len != sizeof(struct evm_xattr)) {
 			evm_status = INTEGRITY_FAIL;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_hmac(struct dentry *dentry,
 				   xattr_value_len, &digest);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
-		rc = crypto_memneq(xattr_data->digest, digest.digest,
+		rc = crypto_memneq(xattr_data->data, digest.digest,
 				   SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE);
 		if (rc)
 			rc = -EINVAL;
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
 				 const struct xattr *lsm_xattr,
 				 struct xattr *evm_xattr)
 {
-	struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xattr_data;
+	struct evm_xattr *xattr_data;
 	int rc;
 
 	if (!evm_key_loaded() || !evm_protected_xattr(lsm_xattr->name))
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ int evm_inode_init_security(struct inode *inode,
 	if (!xattr_data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	xattr_data->type = EVM_XATTR_HMAC;
+	xattr_data->data.type = EVM_XATTR_HMAC;
 	rc = evm_init_hmac(inode, lsm_xattr, xattr_data->digest);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
index 2f6536ab69e8..18bbe753421a 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ enum hash_algo ima_get_hash_algo(struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xattr_value,
 		return sig->hash_algo;
 		break;
 	case IMA_XATTR_DIGEST_NG:
-		ret = xattr_value->digest[0];
+		/* first byte contains algorithm id */
+		ret = xattr_value->data[0];
 		if (ret < HASH_ALGO__LAST)
 			return ret;
 		break;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ enum hash_algo ima_get_hash_algo(struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xattr_value,
 		/* this is for backward compatibility */
 		if (xattr_len == 21) {
 			unsigned int zero = 0;
-			if (!memcmp(&xattr_value->digest[16], &zero, 4))
+			if (!memcmp(&xattr_value->data[16], &zero, 4))
 				return HASH_ALGO_MD5;
 			else
 				return HASH_ALGO_SHA1;
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ int ima_appraise_measurement(enum ima_hooks func,
 			/* xattr length may be longer. md5 hash in previous
 			   version occupied 20 bytes in xattr, instead of 16
 			 */
-			rc = memcmp(&xattr_value->digest[hash_start],
+			rc = memcmp(&xattr_value->data[hash_start],
 				    iint->ima_hash->digest,
 				    iint->ima_hash->length);
 		else
diff --git a/security/integrity/integrity.h b/security/integrity/integrity.h
index 7de59f44cba3..88a29f72a74f 100644
--- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
+++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@ enum evm_ima_xattr_type {
 
 struct evm_ima_xattr_data {
 	u8 type;
+	u8 data[];
+} __packed;
+
+/* Only used in the EVM HMAC code. */
+struct evm_xattr {
+	struct evm_ima_xattr_data data;
 	u8 digest[SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE];
 } __packed;