diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index a67daea731ab8b7f76777f3a5bdaf90d7fc383b9..bc7da2ddfcaff146be173e497508ef6c10722745 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct bpf_map {
 	struct work_struct work;
 	atomic_t usercnt;
 	struct bpf_map *inner_map_meta;
-	u8 name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+	char name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 };
 
 /* function argument constraints */
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux {
 	struct bpf_prog *prog;
 	struct user_struct *user;
 	u64 load_time; /* ns since boottime */
-	u8 name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+	char name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 	union {
 		struct work_struct work;
 		struct rcu_head	rcu;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 5bbbec17aa5a67a9fba94a906e82f78887d7360f..6db9e1d679cd331778e0f4605cf28a6f3ed7400f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
 		__u32	numa_node;	/* numa node (effective only if
 					 * BPF_F_NUMA_NODE is set).
 					 */
-		__u8	map_name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+		char	map_name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 	};
 
 	struct { /* anonymous struct used by BPF_MAP_*_ELEM commands */
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
 		__aligned_u64	log_buf;	/* user supplied buffer */
 		__u32		kern_version;	/* checked when prog_type=kprobe */
 		__u32		prog_flags;
-		__u8		prog_name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+		char		prog_name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 	};
 
 	struct { /* anonymous struct used by BPF_OBJ_* commands */
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_info {
 	__u32 created_by_uid;
 	__u32 nr_map_ids;
 	__aligned_u64 map_ids;
-	__u8  name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+	char name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 struct bpf_map_info {
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ struct bpf_map_info {
 	__u32 value_size;
 	__u32 max_entries;
 	__u32 map_flags;
-	__u8  name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+	char  name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 /* User bpf_sock_ops struct to access socket values and specify request ops
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 0894fd20b12bd4d4f51c86dcc0af207d6e0b0fb3..fb4fb81ce5b034c59fa30830cce0e76ea6334cc4 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
 		__u32	numa_node;	/* numa node (effective only if
 					 * BPF_F_NUMA_NODE is set).
 					 */
-		__u8	map_name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+		char	map_name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 	};
 
 	struct { /* anonymous struct used by BPF_MAP_*_ELEM commands */
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
 		__aligned_u64	log_buf;	/* user supplied buffer */
 		__u32		kern_version;	/* checked when prog_type=kprobe */
 		__u32		prog_flags;
-		__u8		prog_name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+		char		prog_name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 	};
 
 	struct { /* anonymous struct used by BPF_OBJ_* commands */
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_info {
 	__u32 created_by_uid;
 	__u32 nr_map_ids;
 	__aligned_u64 map_ids;
-	__u8  name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+	char  name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 struct bpf_map_info {
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ struct bpf_map_info {
 	__u32 value_size;
 	__u32 max_entries;
 	__u32 map_flags;
-	__u8  name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
+	char  name[BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN];
 } __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 /* User bpf_sock_ops struct to access socket values and specify request ops