1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 01cfd69c54c6..bb0635bd74f2 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2464,6 +2464,7 @@ void register_console(struct console *newcon)
         for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
              i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
              i++, c++) {
+                BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(c->name) != sizeof(newcon->name));
                 if (strcmp(c->name, newcon->name) != 0)
                         continue;
                 if (newcon->index >= 0 &&