diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index dbc51f4af43de291cfdbded280489958c18f566a..2b01e60f4fc5942e37d102aeec861affb1d201e6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -4013,6 +4013,9 @@ bpf_object__probe_loading(struct bpf_object *obj)
 	};
 	int ret;
 
+	if (obj->gen_loader)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* make sure basic loading works */
 
 	memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));