diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 3caaa3428774427e451b50a682845b5ceb8eba18..88cbd110ae5807091b2a1c7b5227abd1940d996f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ static inline int sys_bpf(enum bpf_cmd cmd, union bpf_attr *attr,
 	return syscall(__NR_bpf, cmd, attr, size);
 }
 
+static inline int sys_bpf_prog_load(union bpf_attr *attr, unsigned int size)
+{
+	int fd;
+
+	do {
+		fd = sys_bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, attr, size);
+	} while (fd < 0 && errno == EAGAIN);
+
+	return fd;
+}
+
 int bpf_create_map_xattr(const struct bpf_create_map_attr *create_attr)
 {
 	__u32 name_len = create_attr->name ? strlen(create_attr->name) : 0;
@@ -232,7 +243,7 @@ int bpf_load_program_xattr(const struct bpf_load_program_attr *load_attr,
 	memcpy(attr.prog_name, load_attr->name,
 	       min(name_len, BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN - 1));
 
-	fd = sys_bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
+	fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr));
 	if (fd >= 0)
 		return fd;
 
@@ -269,7 +280,7 @@ int bpf_load_program_xattr(const struct bpf_load_program_attr *load_attr,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		fd = sys_bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
+		fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr));
 
 		if (fd >= 0)
 			goto done;
@@ -283,7 +294,7 @@ int bpf_load_program_xattr(const struct bpf_load_program_attr *load_attr,
 	attr.log_size = log_buf_sz;
 	attr.log_level = 1;
 	log_buf[0] = 0;
-	fd = sys_bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
+	fd = sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr));
 done:
 	free(finfo);
 	free(linfo);
@@ -328,7 +339,7 @@ int bpf_verify_program(enum bpf_prog_type type, const struct bpf_insn *insns,
 	attr.kern_version = kern_version;
 	attr.prog_flags = prog_flags;
 
-	return sys_bpf(BPF_PROG_LOAD, &attr, sizeof(attr));
+	return sys_bpf_prog_load(&attr, sizeof(attr));
 }
 
 int bpf_map_update_elem(int fd, const void *key, const void *value,