diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index af7ad814b2c3e06bb282ede5fa772a0592f5e162..cee658733e2c560f0a1b07a39465b5d80c737f31 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ bpf__prepare_load_buffer(void *obj_buf, size_t obj_buf_sz, const char *name)
 	}
 
 	obj = bpf_object__open_buffer(obj_buf, obj_buf_sz, name);
-	if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj)) {
 		pr_debug("bpf: failed to load buffer\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ struct bpf_object *bpf__prepare_load(const char *filename, bool source)
 			pr_debug("bpf: successfull builtin compilation\n");
 		obj = bpf_object__open_buffer(obj_buf, obj_buf_sz, filename);
 
-		if (!IS_ERR(obj) && llvm_param.dump_obj)
+		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj) && llvm_param.dump_obj)
 			llvm__dump_obj(filename, obj_buf, obj_buf_sz);
 
 		free(obj_buf);
 	} else
 		obj = bpf_object__open(filename);
 
-	if (IS_ERR(obj)) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(obj)) {
 		pr_debug("bpf: failed to load %s\n", filename);
 		return obj;
 	}