diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
index e11672aa4575..951a14edcf51 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram_core.c
@@ -98,24 +98,23 @@ static void notrace persistent_ram_encode_rs8(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz,
 	uint8_t *data, size_t len, uint8_t *ecc)
 {
 	int i;
-	uint16_t par[prz->ecc_info.ecc_size];
 
 	/* Initialize the parity buffer */
-	memset(par, 0, sizeof(par));
-	encode_rs8(prz->rs_decoder, data, len, par, 0);
+	memset(prz->ecc_info.par, 0,
+	       prz->ecc_info.ecc_size * sizeof(prz->ecc_info.par[0]));
+	encode_rs8(prz->rs_decoder, data, len, prz->ecc_info.par, 0);
 	for (i = 0; i < prz->ecc_info.ecc_size; i++)
-		ecc[i] = par[i];
+		ecc[i] = prz->ecc_info.par[i];
 }
 
 static int persistent_ram_decode_rs8(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz,
 	void *data, size_t len, uint8_t *ecc)
 {
 	int i;
-	uint16_t par[prz->ecc_info.ecc_size];
 
 	for (i = 0; i < prz->ecc_info.ecc_size; i++)
-		par[i] = ecc[i];
-	return decode_rs8(prz->rs_decoder, data, par, len,
+		prz->ecc_info.par[i] = ecc[i];
+	return decode_rs8(prz->rs_decoder, data, prz->ecc_info.par, len,
 				NULL, 0, NULL, 0, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -228,6 +227,15 @@ static int persistent_ram_init_ecc(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/* allocate workspace instead of using stack VLA */
+	prz->ecc_info.par = kmalloc_array(prz->ecc_info.ecc_size,
+					  sizeof(*prz->ecc_info.par),
+					  GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!prz->ecc_info.par) {
+		pr_err("cannot allocate ECC parity workspace\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	prz->corrected_bytes = 0;
 	prz->bad_blocks = 0;
 
@@ -514,6 +522,13 @@ void persistent_ram_free(struct persistent_ram_zone *prz)
 		}
 		prz->vaddr = NULL;
 	}
+	if (prz->rs_decoder) {
+		free_rs(prz->rs_decoder);
+		prz->rs_decoder = NULL;
+	}
+	kfree(prz->ecc_info.par);
+	prz->ecc_info.par = NULL;
+
 	persistent_ram_free_old(prz);
 	kfree(prz);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/pstore_ram.h b/include/linux/pstore_ram.h
index 9395f06e8372..e6d226464838 100644
--- a/include/linux/pstore_ram.h
+++ b/include/linux/pstore_ram.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct persistent_ram_ecc_info {
 	int ecc_size;
 	int symsize;
 	int poly;
+	uint16_t *par;
 };
 
 struct persistent_ram_zone {