diff --git a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 71f930501ade7cec2d1f230aa638ad3fc9112ee8..b1d38eeb24f6f6423ea91c33aa8c55fd1fe9e98e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static int build_insn(const struct bpf_insn *insn, struct jit_ctx *ctx)
 		break;
 	}
 	/* tail call */
-	case BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL | BPF_X:
+	case BPF_JMP | BPF_TAIL_CALL:
 		if (emit_bpf_tail_call(ctx))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		break;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
index aee2bb817ac68c4a8dfa7a28b521ac73c0f77b3f..a01366584a4b7efb157bbbce480a0c425e705519 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp64.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static int bpf_jit_build_body(struct bpf_prog *fp, u32 *image,
 		/*
 		 * Tail call
 		 */
-		case BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL | BPF_X:
+		case BPF_JMP | BPF_TAIL_CALL:
 			ctx->seen |= SEEN_TAILCALL;
 			bpf_jit_emit_tail_call(image, ctx, addrs[i + 1]);
 			break;
diff --git a/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index 6e97a2e3fd8d1fc5b5a2e89c67b52d1c322b1da3..42ad3832586ce4cb480710e0b5acb8ae9af431f2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ static noinline int bpf_jit_insn(struct bpf_jit *jit, struct bpf_prog *fp, int i
 		}
 		break;
 	}
-	case BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL | BPF_X:
+	case BPF_JMP | BPF_TAIL_CALL:
 		/*
 		 * Implicit input:
 		 *  B1: pointer to ctx
diff --git a/arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_64.c b/arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_64.c
index 21de77419f484b16939d4ce4bf6abbf734ccf325..4a52d34facf95329aeff85c2a02b856afbdded20 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/net/bpf_jit_comp_64.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ static int build_insn(const struct bpf_insn *insn, struct jit_ctx *ctx)
 	}
 
 	/* tail call */
-	case BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL |BPF_X:
+	case BPF_JMP | BPF_TAIL_CALL:
 		emit_tail_call(ctx);
 		break;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
index f58939393eefe2b07cf12179f7f8ccbab33b54fc..fec12eaa0dec9cb80a0fc34c2ec998d89109d84f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
+++ b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ xadd:			if (is_imm8(insn->off))
 			}
 			break;
 
-		case BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL | BPF_X:
+		case BPF_JMP | BPF_TAIL_CALL:
 			emit_bpf_tail_call(&prog);
 			break;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index 62d948f80730fdd94c587b4f0235c72cf5d3399a..a20ba40fcb73f901dd643581579629f4e2430d46 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux;
 #define BPF_REG_AX		MAX_BPF_REG
 #define MAX_BPF_JIT_REG		(MAX_BPF_REG + 1)
 
+/* unused opcode to mark special call to bpf_tail_call() helper */
+#define BPF_TAIL_CALL	0xf0
+
 /* As per nm, we expose JITed images as text (code) section for
  * kallsyms. That way, tools like perf can find it to match
  * addresses.
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index dedf367f59bba529ded5603d61782bccb80782cb..339289402b961229fcb5b03cc090121704ef33d2 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static unsigned int __bpf_prog_run(void *ctx, const struct bpf_insn *insn)
 		[BPF_ALU64 | BPF_NEG] = &&ALU64_NEG,
 		/* Call instruction */
 		[BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL] = &&JMP_CALL,
-		[BPF_JMP | BPF_CALL | BPF_X] = &&JMP_TAIL_CALL,
+		[BPF_JMP | BPF_TAIL_CALL] = &&JMP_TAIL_CALL,
 		/* Jumps */
 		[BPF_JMP | BPF_JA] = &&JMP_JA,
 		[BPF_JMP | BPF_JEQ | BPF_X] = &&JMP_JEQ_X,
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 339c8a1371de0201df0f7ac799280168ea4d22e3..28113d0e8e92cb6693f2bee3fb92af82f750e3cd 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -3469,7 +3469,7 @@ static int fixup_bpf_calls(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 			 * that doesn't support bpf_tail_call yet
 			 */
 			insn->imm = 0;
-			insn->code |= BPF_X;
+			insn->code = BPF_JMP | BPF_TAIL_CALL;
 			continue;
 		}