diff --git a/samples/bpf/tracex2_kern.c b/samples/bpf/tracex2_kern.c
index 5bc696bac27d767ee12dad11874c9d97b2880e88..93e0b7680b4f03aa46f531a0da34f95671605633 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/tracex2_kern.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/tracex2_kern.c
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ struct {
 /* kprobe is NOT a stable ABI. If kernel internals change this bpf+kprobe
  * example will no longer be meaningful
  */
-SEC("kprobe/kfree_skb")
+SEC("kprobe/kfree_skb_reason")
 int bpf_prog2(struct pt_regs *ctx)
 {
 	long loc = 0;
 	long init_val = 1;
 	long *value;
 
-	/* read ip of kfree_skb caller.
+	/* read ip of kfree_skb_reason caller.
 	 * non-portable version of __builtin_return_address(0)
 	 */
 	BPF_KPROBE_READ_RET_IP(loc, ctx);
diff --git a/samples/bpf/tracex2_user.c b/samples/bpf/tracex2_user.c
index dd6205c6b6a74196290fcf14f8bf634e055b4331..089e408abd7ad522f1497a10bae2cc13e96c11a4 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/tracex2_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/tracex2_user.c
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ int main(int ac, char **argv)
 	signal(SIGINT, int_exit);
 	signal(SIGTERM, int_exit);
 
-	/* start 'ping' in the background to have some kfree_skb events */
+	/* start 'ping' in the background to have some kfree_skb_reason
+	 * events */
 	f = popen("ping -4 -c5 localhost", "r");
 	(void) f;