diff --git a/src/cc/libbpf.c b/src/cc/libbpf.c
index 63938eb54889..e64032990297 100644
--- a/src/cc/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/cc/libbpf.c
@@ -1350,7 +1350,16 @@ int bpf_attach_raw_tracepoint(int progfd, const char *tp_name)
 
 bool bpf_has_kernel_btf(void)
 {
-  return libbpf_find_vmlinux_btf_id("bpf_prog_put", 0) > 0;
+  struct btf *btf;
+  int err;
+
+  btf = btf__parse_raw("/sys/kernel/btf/vmlinux");
+  err = libbpf_get_error(btf);
+  if (err)
+    return false;
+
+  btf__free(btf);
+  return true;
 }
 
 int kernel_struct_has_field(const char *struct_name, const char *field_name)