diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
index 3d35fbc5fe16a9442345f46121300e5c03281f1d..1cf53bb01936654b3422fd15864b929d2281ad63 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
@@ -1762,6 +1762,7 @@ btfgen_mark_type(struct btfgen_info *info, unsigned int type_id, bool follow_poi
 		}
 		break;
 	case BTF_KIND_CONST:
+	case BTF_KIND_RESTRICT:
 	case BTF_KIND_VOLATILE:
 	case BTF_KIND_TYPEDEF:
 		err = btfgen_mark_type(info, btf_type->type, follow_pointers);