diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 465b7c0996f18cf872f0a95e0d992c268f558440..bf4f7ac54ebf9566951ecf3c00f56bbb593f2541 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -4594,7 +4594,7 @@ static int probe_kern_probe_read_kernel(void)
 	};
 	int fd, insn_cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(insns);
 
-	fd = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, NULL);
+	fd = bpf_prog_load(BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, NULL, "GPL", insns, insn_cnt, NULL);
 	return probe_fd(fd);
 }