diff --git a/src/dawn/CPPLINT.cfg b/src/dawn/CPPLINT.cfg
index ed64fb1fda..3a4f1d294e 100644
--- a/src/dawn/CPPLINT.cfg
+++ b/src/dawn/CPPLINT.cfg
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ filter=-build/namespaces
 filter=-readability/casting
 filter=-readability/namespace
 filter=-readability/todo
-filter=-runtime/arrays
 filter=-runtime/explicit
 filter=-runtime/indentation_namespace
 filter=-runtime/int
diff --git a/src/dawn/tests/end2end/SamplerTests.cpp b/src/dawn/tests/end2end/SamplerTests.cpp
index 491cae0126..b675c79409 100644
--- a/src/dawn/tests/end2end/SamplerTests.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/tests/end2end/SamplerTests.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+#include <array>
 #include <cmath>
 
 #include "dawn/tests/DawnTest.h"
@@ -97,12 +98,12 @@ class SamplerTest : public DawnTest {
 
         // Create a 2x2 checkerboard texture, with black in the top left and bottom right corners.
         const uint32_t rowPixels = kTextureBytesPerRowAlignment / sizeof(RGBA8);
-        RGBA8 data[rowPixels * 2];
-        data[0] = data[rowPixels + 1] = RGBA8::kBlack;
-        data[1] = data[rowPixels] = RGBA8::kWhite;
+        std::array<RGBA8, rowPixels * 2> pixels;
+        pixels[0] = pixels[rowPixels + 1] = RGBA8::kBlack;
+        pixels[1] = pixels[rowPixels] = RGBA8::kWhite;
 
-        wgpu::Buffer stagingBuffer =
-            utils::CreateBufferFromData(device, data, sizeof(data), wgpu::BufferUsage::CopySrc);
+        wgpu::Buffer stagingBuffer = utils::CreateBufferFromData(
+            device, pixels.data(), pixels.size() * sizeof(RGBA8), wgpu::BufferUsage::CopySrc);
         wgpu::ImageCopyBuffer imageCopyBuffer = utils::CreateImageCopyBuffer(stagingBuffer, 0, 256);
         wgpu::ImageCopyTexture imageCopyTexture =
             utils::CreateImageCopyTexture(texture, 0, {0, 0, 0});