diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 4252fc22f78f4f8fd4c204975b5464f5bbc192e0..9f3c8cf9249b6d2e9cb87629f8a26237f98e2027 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -1034,12 +1034,12 @@ int bpf_program__get_private(struct bpf_program *prog, void **ppriv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-const char *bpf_program__title(struct bpf_program *prog, bool dup)
+const char *bpf_program__title(struct bpf_program *prog, bool needs_copy)
 {
 	const char *title;
 
 	title = prog->section_name;
-	if (dup) {
+	if (needs_copy) {
 		title = strdup(title);
 		if (!title) {
 			pr_warning("failed to strdup program title\n");
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index f16170c95ffdc2306aa02f836092661b2673408e..bc80af03c6f41b5ff976aa2124cc6c25dc6f021a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int bpf_program__set_private(struct bpf_program *prog, void *priv,
 int bpf_program__get_private(struct bpf_program *prog,
 			     void **ppriv);
 
-const char *bpf_program__title(struct bpf_program *prog, bool dup);
+const char *bpf_program__title(struct bpf_program *prog, bool needs_copy);
 
 int bpf_program__fd(struct bpf_program *prog);