diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 64dd637af7db7804e45064a56355a2268ba420a7..176c06a51461edf1234782de989489467c60cdf0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -4039,6 +4039,10 @@ bpf_object__probe_loading(struct bpf_object *obj)
 	attr.license = "GPL";
 
 	ret = bpf_load_program_xattr(&attr, NULL, 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		attr.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT;
+		ret = bpf_load_program_xattr(&attr, NULL, 0);
+	}
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		ret = errno;
 		cp = libbpf_strerror_r(ret, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));