diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 8827e797ff97d0973ddf1d4217a885cee9bb63ee..943fb08d828714944e9d86f071c02f439ed2bb60 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ struct bpf_prog_array {
 	struct bpf_prog *progs[0];
 };
 
-struct bpf_prog_array __rcu *bpf_prog_array_alloc(u32 prog_cnt, gfp_t flags);
+struct bpf_prog_array *bpf_prog_array_alloc(u32 prog_cnt, gfp_t flags);
 void bpf_prog_array_free(struct bpf_prog_array __rcu *progs);
 int bpf_prog_array_length(struct bpf_prog_array __rcu *progs);
 int bpf_prog_array_copy_to_user(struct bpf_prog_array __rcu *progs,
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index 1e5625d46414cc68efe372b2c6a8dab266a24dd6..253aa8e79c7b4e22bfb5f626c35e5a11a7f035e0 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ static struct {
 	.null_prog = NULL,
 };
 
-struct bpf_prog_array __rcu *bpf_prog_array_alloc(u32 prog_cnt, gfp_t flags)
+struct bpf_prog_array *bpf_prog_array_alloc(u32 prog_cnt, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	if (prog_cnt)
 		return kzalloc(sizeof(struct bpf_prog_array) +