diff --git a/include/linux/overflow.h b/include/linux/overflow.h
index 725f95f7e416..736f633b2d5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/overflow.h
+++ b/include/linux/overflow.h
@@ -458,6 +458,18 @@ static inline size_t __must_check size_sub(size_t minuend, size_t subtrahend)
 #define struct_size_t(type, member, count)					\
 	struct_size((type *)NULL, member, count)
 
+/**
+ * struct_offset() - Calculate the offset of a member within a struct
+ * @p: Pointer to the struct
+ * @member: Name of the member to get the offset of
+ *
+ * Calculates the offset of a particular @member of the structure pointed
+ * to by @p.
+ *
+ * Return: number of bytes to the location of @member.
+ */
+#define struct_offset(p, member) (offsetof(typeof(*(p)), member))
+
 /**
  * __DEFINE_FLEX() - helper macro for DEFINE_FLEX() family.
  * Enables caller macro to pass arbitrary trailing expressions
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 73f8b79f1b0c..3d433a426e5f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7642,7 +7642,7 @@ static ssize_t write_raw_marker_to_buffer(struct trace_array *tr,
 	size_t size;
 
 	/* cnt includes both the entry->id and the data behind it. */
-	size = struct_size(entry, buf, cnt - sizeof(entry->id));
+	size = struct_offset(entry, id) + cnt;
 
 	buffer = tr->array_buffer.buffer;