diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 9c82d8f58085fb734f99274b154867fcdf0f1a50..abf5672005744bd5237cb8e03ee0303617c097d3 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -2669,20 +2669,18 @@ static int adjust_ptr_min_max_vals(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
 
-	if (ptr_reg->type == PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL) {
-		verbose(env, "R%d pointer arithmetic on PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL prohibited, null-check it first\n",
-			dst);
-		return -EACCES;
-	}
-	if (ptr_reg->type == CONST_PTR_TO_MAP) {
-		verbose(env, "R%d pointer arithmetic on CONST_PTR_TO_MAP prohibited\n",
-			dst);
+	switch (ptr_reg->type) {
+	case PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL:
+		verbose(env, "R%d pointer arithmetic on %s prohibited, null-check it first\n",
+			dst, reg_type_str[ptr_reg->type]);
 		return -EACCES;
-	}
-	if (ptr_reg->type == PTR_TO_PACKET_END) {
-		verbose(env, "R%d pointer arithmetic on PTR_TO_PACKET_END prohibited\n",
-			dst);
+	case CONST_PTR_TO_MAP:
+	case PTR_TO_PACKET_END:
+		verbose(env, "R%d pointer arithmetic on %s prohibited\n",
+			dst, reg_type_str[ptr_reg->type]);
 		return -EACCES;
+	default:
+		break;
 	}
 
 	/* In case of 'scalar += pointer', dst_reg inherits pointer type and id.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
index c7d25f23baf9538725b50811c5687d50c482c073..a90be44f61e02b886790a9b2dc780e106ccb3234 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_verifier.c
@@ -3638,7 +3638,7 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
 			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 		},
-		.errstr = "R3 pointer arithmetic on PTR_TO_PACKET_END",
+		.errstr = "R3 pointer arithmetic on pkt_end",
 		.result = REJECT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS,
 	},
@@ -4896,7 +4896,7 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 		},
 		.fixup_map1 = { 4 },
-		.errstr = "R4 pointer arithmetic on PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL",
+		.errstr = "R4 pointer arithmetic on map_value_or_null",
 		.result = REJECT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS
 	},
@@ -4917,7 +4917,7 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 		},
 		.fixup_map1 = { 4 },
-		.errstr = "R4 pointer arithmetic on PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL",
+		.errstr = "R4 pointer arithmetic on map_value_or_null",
 		.result = REJECT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS
 	},
@@ -4938,7 +4938,7 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 		},
 		.fixup_map1 = { 4 },
-		.errstr = "R4 pointer arithmetic on PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL",
+		.errstr = "R4 pointer arithmetic on map_value_or_null",
 		.result = REJECT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS
 	},
@@ -7253,7 +7253,7 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 		},
 		.fixup_map_in_map = { 3 },
-		.errstr = "R1 pointer arithmetic on CONST_PTR_TO_MAP prohibited",
+		.errstr = "R1 pointer arithmetic on map_ptr prohibited",
 		.result = REJECT,
 	},
 	{
@@ -8927,7 +8927,7 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
 			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 		},
-		.errstr = "R3 pointer arithmetic on PTR_TO_PACKET_END",
+		.errstr = "R3 pointer arithmetic on pkt_end",
 		.result = REJECT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP,
 	},
@@ -8946,7 +8946,7 @@ static struct bpf_test tests[] = {
 			BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
 			BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 		},
-		.errstr = "R3 pointer arithmetic on PTR_TO_PACKET_END",
+		.errstr = "R3 pointer arithmetic on pkt_end",
 		.result = REJECT,
 		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP,
 	},