diff --git a/platform/linux-generic/pktio/stats/ethtool_stats.c b/platform/linux-generic/pktio/stats/ethtool_stats.c
index 9569ac05319..7e37da69580 100644
--- a/platform/linux-generic/pktio/stats/ethtool_stats.c
+++ b/platform/linux-generic/pktio/stats/ethtool_stats.c
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ static struct ethtool_gstrings *get_stringset(int fd, struct ifreq *ifr)
 	hdr.sset_mask = 1ULL << ETH_SS_STATS;
 	ifr->ifr_data = (void *)&hdr;
 	if (ioctl(fd, SIOCETHTOOL, ifr) == 0) {
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Warray-bounds"
 		len = hdr.sset_mask ? hdr.data[0] : 0;
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 	} else if (errno == EOPNOTSUPP && drvinfo_offset != 0) {
 		/* Fallback for old kernel versions */
 		drvinfo.cmd = ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO;