diff --git a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.cpp b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.cpp
index 71e8b7fd10eb6..d1f1b6790e2d5 100644
--- a/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.cpp
+++ b/openmp/runtime/src/kmp_affinity.cpp
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ bool kmp_topology_t::filter_hw_subset() {
   bool using_core_effs = false;
   int hw_subset_depth = __kmp_hw_subset->get_depth();
   kmp_hw_t specified[KMP_HW_LAST];
-  int topology_levels[hw_subset_depth];
+  int *topology_levels = (int *)KMP_ALLOCA(sizeof(int) * hw_subset_depth);
   KMP_ASSERT(hw_subset_depth > 0);
   KMP_FOREACH_HW_TYPE(i) { specified[i] = KMP_HW_UNKNOWN; }
   int core_level = get_level(KMP_HW_CORE);