diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
index a46fba322340..86511cf171c1 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ int evm_update_evmxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
 			const char *xattr_value, size_t xattr_value_len)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = d_backing_inode(dentry);
-	struct evm_ima_xattr_data xattr_data;
+	struct evm_xattr xattr_data;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ int evm_update_evmxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name,
 	rc = evm_calc_hmac(dentry, xattr_name, xattr_value,
 			   xattr_value_len, xattr_data.digest);
 	if (rc == 0) {
-		xattr_data.type = EVM_XATTR_HMAC;
+		xattr_data.data.type = EVM_XATTR_HMAC;
 		rc = __vfs_setxattr_noperm(dentry, XATTR_NAME_EVM,
 					   &xattr_data,
 					   sizeof(xattr_data), 0);
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 7a968faca739..cd17744d4749 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_hmac(struct dentry *dentry,
 					     struct integrity_iint_cache *iint)
 {
 	struct evm_ima_xattr_data *xattr_data = NULL;
-	struct evm_ima_xattr_data calc;
+	struct evm_xattr calc;
 	enum integrity_status evm_status = INTEGRITY_PASS;
 	int rc, xattr_len;
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ 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;
 		}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_hmac(struct dentry *dentry,
 				   xattr_value_len, calc.digest);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
-		rc = crypto_memneq(xattr_data->digest, calc.digest,
+		rc = crypto_memneq(xattr_data->data, calc.digest,
 			    sizeof(calc.digest));
 		if (rc)
 			rc = -EINVAL;
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ 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))
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ 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 dd10ecbdce45..96e0f95c294b 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ 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;
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ 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;
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ 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 5e58e02ba8dc..79799a0d9195 100644
--- a/security/integrity/integrity.h
+++ b/security/integrity/integrity.h
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ enum evm_ima_xattr_type {
 
 struct evm_ima_xattr_data {
 	u8 type;
+	u8 data[];
+} __packed;
+
+struct evm_xattr {
+	struct evm_ima_xattr_data data;
 	u8 digest[SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE];
 } __packed;
 
