diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_autosize.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_autosize.c
index 981c251453d9ca4338f98a13543db51e89f970bf..ce7ac5c3fbbb52d7de208104aeaae11cbeeb872c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_autosize.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_autosize.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void test_core_autosize(void)
 
 	usleep(1);
 
-	bss_map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(skel->obj, "test_cor.bss");
+	bss_map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(skel->obj, ".bss");
 	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(bss_map, "bss_map_find"))
 		goto cleanup;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_reloc.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_reloc.c
index cc003c938efd4be8bc3a130559dd7e51206eee78..b8e46da0e1a0201a033ffc7c84b614e22d48a849 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_reloc.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/core_reloc.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ void test_core_reloc(void)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 
-		data_map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, "test_cor.bss");
+		data_map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, ".bss");
 		if (CHECK(!data_map, "find_data_map", "data map not found\n"))
 			goto cleanup;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_data.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_data.c
index 9efa7e50eab27f7d11aa0dbddd9e86610522cc0c..afd8639f9a947d5d746d85084cc970339ba50b68 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_data.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_data.c
@@ -103,11 +103,18 @@ static void test_global_data_struct(struct bpf_object *obj, __u32 duration)
 static void test_global_data_rdonly(struct bpf_object *obj, __u32 duration)
 {
 	int err = -ENOMEM, map_fd, zero = 0;
-	struct bpf_map *map;
+	struct bpf_map *map, *map2;
 	__u8 *buff;
 
 	map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, "test_glo.rodata");
-	if (CHECK_FAIL(!map || !bpf_map__is_internal(map)))
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(map, "map"))
+		return;
+	if (!ASSERT_TRUE(bpf_map__is_internal(map), "is_internal"))
+		return;
+
+	/* ensure we can lookup internal maps by their ELF names */
+	map2 = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, ".rodata");
+	if (!ASSERT_EQ(map, map2, "same_maps"))
 		return;
 
 	map_fd = bpf_map__fd(map);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_data_init.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_data_init.c
index ee46b11f1f9a208a0d62c70a8e6900beb7f3cc66..1db86eab101b3018ce747f6750ce742dbad27113 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_data_init.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/global_data_init.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ void test_global_data_init(void)
 	if (CHECK_FAIL(err))
 		return;
 
-	map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, "test_glo.rodata");
+	map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, ".rodata");
 	if (CHECK_FAIL(!map || !bpf_map__is_internal(map)))
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kfree_skb.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kfree_skb.c
index ddfb6bf97152435475f5fbbcb174cc5c7434838c..a9e00960127cb359229157e38a6ada5bd242ca9c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kfree_skb.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kfree_skb.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void test_kfree_skb(void)
 	if (CHECK(!fexit, "find_prog", "prog eth_type_trans not found\n"))
 		goto close_prog;
 
-	global_data = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj2, "kfree_sk.bss");
+	global_data = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj2, ".bss");
 	if (CHECK(!global_data, "find global data", "not found\n"))
 		goto close_prog;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rdonly_maps.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rdonly_maps.c
index 5f9eaa3ab5847551c96a093c620f0189e6cc3da1..fd5d2ddfb06276337e64fa7a592b1d434d2787bf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rdonly_maps.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/rdonly_maps.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void test_rdonly_maps(void)
 	if (CHECK(err, "obj_load", "err %d errno %d\n", err, errno))
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	bss_map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, "test_rdo.bss");
+	bss_map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, ".bss");
 	if (CHECK(!bss_map, "find_bss_map", "failed\n"))
 		goto cleanup;