diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
index 126fc624290d22b4d834b475356de2226dbea3a8..25f0083a9b2e7c87d1efbadae3cc00c97e0c5560 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,9 @@ static void test_stacktrace_build_id(void)
 	int i, j;
 	struct bpf_stack_build_id id_offs[PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH];
 	int build_id_matches = 0;
+	int retry = 1;
 
+retry:
 	err = bpf_prog_load(file, BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, &obj, &prog_fd);
 	if (CHECK(err, "prog_load", "err %d errno %d\n", err, errno))
 		goto out;
@@ -1301,6 +1303,19 @@ static void test_stacktrace_build_id(void)
 		previous_key = key;
 	} while (bpf_map_get_next_key(stackmap_fd, &previous_key, &key) == 0);
 
+	/* stack_map_get_build_id_offset() is racy and sometimes can return
+	 * BPF_STACK_BUILD_ID_IP instead of BPF_STACK_BUILD_ID_VALID;
+	 * try it one more time.
+	 */
+	if (build_id_matches < 1 && retry--) {
+		ioctl(pmu_fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
+		close(pmu_fd);
+		bpf_object__close(obj);
+		printf("%s:WARN:Didn't find expected build ID from the map, retrying\n",
+		       __func__);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
 	if (CHECK(build_id_matches < 1, "build id match",
 		  "Didn't find expected build ID from the map\n"))
 		goto disable_pmu;
@@ -1341,7 +1356,9 @@ static void test_stacktrace_build_id_nmi(void)
 	int i, j;
 	struct bpf_stack_build_id id_offs[PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH];
 	int build_id_matches = 0;
+	int retry = 1;
 
+retry:
 	err = bpf_prog_load(file, BPF_PROG_TYPE_PERF_EVENT, &obj, &prog_fd);
 	if (CHECK(err, "prog_load", "err %d errno %d\n", err, errno))
 		return;
@@ -1436,6 +1453,19 @@ static void test_stacktrace_build_id_nmi(void)
 		previous_key = key;
 	} while (bpf_map_get_next_key(stackmap_fd, &previous_key, &key) == 0);
 
+	/* stack_map_get_build_id_offset() is racy and sometimes can return
+	 * BPF_STACK_BUILD_ID_IP instead of BPF_STACK_BUILD_ID_VALID;
+	 * try it one more time.
+	 */
+	if (build_id_matches < 1 && retry--) {
+		ioctl(pmu_fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
+		close(pmu_fd);
+		bpf_object__close(obj);
+		printf("%s:WARN:Didn't find expected build ID from the map, retrying\n",
+		       __func__);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
 	if (CHECK(build_id_matches < 1, "build id match",
 		  "Didn't find expected build ID from the map\n"))
 		goto disable_pmu;