diff --git a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AlignedComponentPacker.java b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AlignedComponentPacker.java
index 2aa9e1d85f..c8d5241fe3 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AlignedComponentPacker.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/src/main/java/ghidra/program/model/data/AlignedComponentPacker.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ class AlignedComponentPacker {
 	 * @param isLastComponent true if dtc is the last component within the structure
 	 */
 	void addComponent(InternalDataTypeComponent dtc, boolean isLastComponent) {
-		if (dtc.getDataType() == DataType.DEFAULT || dtc.isFlexibleArrayComponent()) {
+		if (dtc.getDataType() == DataType.DEFAULT ||
+			(dtc.isFlexibleArrayComponent() && !isLastComponent)) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("unsupported component");
 		}
 		if (!packComponent(dtc)) {