diff --git a/kernel/ucount.c b/kernel/ucount.c
index 29c60eb..11b1596 100644
--- a/kernel/ucount.c
+++ b/kernel/ucount.c
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ bool setup_userns_sysctls(struct user_namespace *ns)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	struct ctl_table *tbl;
+
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(user_table) != UCOUNT_COUNTS + 1);
 	setup_sysctl_set(&ns->set, &set_root, set_is_seen);
 	tbl = kmemdup(user_table, sizeof(user_table), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tbl) {