diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
index daef6d130495..9bd61fd8e501 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
@@ -286,11 +286,6 @@ struct gs_host_frame {
 #define GS_MAX_RX_URBS 30
 #define GS_NAPI_WEIGHT 32
 
-/* Maximum number of interfaces the driver supports per device.
- * Current hardware only supports 3 interfaces. The future may vary.
- */
-#define GS_MAX_INTF 3
-
 struct gs_tx_context {
 	struct gs_can *dev;
 	unsigned int echo_id;
@@ -321,7 +316,6 @@ struct gs_can {
 
 /* usb interface struct */
 struct gs_usb {
-	struct gs_can *canch[GS_MAX_INTF];
 	struct usb_anchor rx_submitted;
 	struct usb_device *udev;
 
@@ -333,9 +327,11 @@ struct gs_usb {
 
 	unsigned int hf_size_rx;
 	u8 active_channels;
+	u8 channel_cnt;
 
 	unsigned int pipe_in;
 	unsigned int pipe_out;
+	struct gs_can *canch[] __counted_by(channel_cnt);
 };
 
 /* 'allocate' a tx context.
@@ -596,7 +592,7 @@ static void gs_usb_receive_bulk_callback(struct urb *urb)
 	}
 
 	/* device reports out of range channel id */
-	if (hf->channel >= GS_MAX_INTF)
+	if (hf->channel >= parent->channel_cnt)
 		goto device_detach;
 
 	dev = parent->canch[hf->channel];
@@ -696,7 +692,7 @@ resubmit_urb:
 	/* USB failure take down all interfaces */
 	if (rc == -ENODEV) {
 device_detach:
-		for (rc = 0; rc < GS_MAX_INTF; rc++) {
+		for (rc = 0; rc < parent->channel_cnt; rc++) {
 			if (parent->canch[rc])
 				netif_device_detach(parent->canch[rc]->netdev);
 		}
@@ -1458,17 +1454,19 @@ static int gs_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	icount = dconf.icount + 1;
 	dev_info(&intf->dev, "Configuring for %u interfaces\n", icount);
 
-	if (icount > GS_MAX_INTF) {
+	if (icount > type_max(parent->channel_cnt)) {
 		dev_err(&intf->dev,
 			"Driver cannot handle more that %u CAN interfaces\n",
-			GS_MAX_INTF);
+			type_max(parent->channel_cnt));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	parent = kzalloc(sizeof(*parent), GFP_KERNEL);
+	parent = kzalloc(struct_size(parent, canch, icount), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!parent)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	parent->channel_cnt = icount;
+
 	init_usb_anchor(&parent->rx_submitted);
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, parent);
@@ -1529,7 +1527,7 @@ static void gs_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < GS_MAX_INTF; i++)
+	for (i = 0; i < parent->channel_cnt; i++)
 		if (parent->canch[i])
 			gs_destroy_candev(parent->canch[i]);