diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 51e9242e4803fa446bc0a8e4f2cc80421146ce18..75e94eaa228b6ce6b175b2d7ce3c562c856c8e56 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -133,4 +133,9 @@ struct bpf_prog *bpf_prog_get(u32 ufd);
 /* verify correctness of eBPF program */
 int bpf_check(struct bpf_prog *fp, union bpf_attr *attr);
 
+/* verifier prototypes for helper functions called from eBPF programs */
+extern struct bpf_func_proto bpf_map_lookup_elem_proto;
+extern struct bpf_func_proto bpf_map_update_elem_proto;
+extern struct bpf_func_proto bpf_map_delete_elem_proto;
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_BPF_H */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 0d662fe75df54792bcb3a6bc7f579deb8e1a4b3d..4a3d0f84f1784b8458928b7aa9479ea1c29e9951 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ union bpf_attr {
  */
 enum bpf_func_id {
 	BPF_FUNC_unspec,
+	BPF_FUNC_map_lookup_elem, /* void *map_lookup_elem(&map, &key) */
+	BPF_FUNC_map_update_elem, /* int map_update_elem(&map, &key, &value, flags) */
+	BPF_FUNC_map_delete_elem, /* int map_delete_elem(&map, &key) */
 	__BPF_FUNC_MAX_ID,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/Makefile b/kernel/bpf/Makefile
index 72ec98ba2d425aa1a6446dcb3cbb987f699e2b0d..a5ae60f0b0a2d33a48cf7d5b2585e5d048f931f6 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/bpf/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 obj-y := core.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) += syscall.o verifier.o hashtab.o arraymap.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) += syscall.o verifier.o hashtab.o arraymap.o helpers.o
 ifdef CONFIG_TEST_BPF
 obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) += test_stub.o
 endif
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9e3414d854593f922fe6cc0021c07727c5b3daa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2011-2014 PLUMgrid, http://plumgrid.com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ */
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+
+/* If kernel subsystem is allowing eBPF programs to call this function,
+ * inside its own verifier_ops->get_func_proto() callback it should return
+ * bpf_map_lookup_elem_proto, so that verifier can properly check the arguments
+ *
+ * Different map implementations will rely on rcu in map methods
+ * lookup/update/delete, therefore eBPF programs must run under rcu lock
+ * if program is allowed to access maps, so check rcu_read_lock_held in
+ * all three functions.
+ */
+static u64 bpf_map_lookup_elem(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 r3, u64 r4, u64 r5)
+{
+	/* verifier checked that R1 contains a valid pointer to bpf_map
+	 * and R2 points to a program stack and map->key_size bytes were
+	 * initialized
+	 */
+	struct bpf_map *map = (struct bpf_map *) (unsigned long) r1;
+	void *key = (void *) (unsigned long) r2;
+	void *value;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
+
+	value = map->ops->map_lookup_elem(map, key);
+
+	/* lookup() returns either pointer to element value or NULL
+	 * which is the meaning of PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL type
+	 */
+	return (unsigned long) value;
+}
+
+struct bpf_func_proto bpf_map_lookup_elem_proto = {
+	.func = bpf_map_lookup_elem,
+	.gpl_only = false,
+	.ret_type = RET_PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL,
+	.arg1_type = ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR,
+	.arg2_type = ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_KEY,
+};
+
+static u64 bpf_map_update_elem(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 r3, u64 r4, u64 r5)
+{
+	struct bpf_map *map = (struct bpf_map *) (unsigned long) r1;
+	void *key = (void *) (unsigned long) r2;
+	void *value = (void *) (unsigned long) r3;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
+
+	return map->ops->map_update_elem(map, key, value, r4);
+}
+
+struct bpf_func_proto bpf_map_update_elem_proto = {
+	.func = bpf_map_update_elem,
+	.gpl_only = false,
+	.ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
+	.arg1_type = ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR,
+	.arg2_type = ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_KEY,
+	.arg3_type = ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE,
+	.arg4_type = ARG_ANYTHING,
+};
+
+static u64 bpf_map_delete_elem(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 r3, u64 r4, u64 r5)
+{
+	struct bpf_map *map = (struct bpf_map *) (unsigned long) r1;
+	void *key = (void *) (unsigned long) r2;
+
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held());
+
+	return map->ops->map_delete_elem(map, key);
+}
+
+struct bpf_func_proto bpf_map_delete_elem_proto = {
+	.func = bpf_map_delete_elem,
+	.gpl_only = false,
+	.ret_type = RET_INTEGER,
+	.arg1_type = ARG_CONST_MAP_PTR,
+	.arg2_type = ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_KEY,
+};