diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
index 56ce6292071b..33e2638ef7f0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ check_abi: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so
 		     "versioned symbols in $^ ($(VERSIONED_SYM_COUNT))." \
 		     "Please make sure all LIBBPF_API symbols are"	 \
 		     "versioned in $(VERSION_SCRIPT)." >&2;		 \
-		readelf -s --wide $(OUTPUT)libbpf-in.o |		 \
+		readelf -s --wide $(BPF_IN_SHARED) |			 \
 		    cut -d "@" -f1 | sed 's/_v[0-9]_[0-9]_[0-9].*//' |	 \
 		    awk '/GLOBAL/ && /DEFAULT/ && !/UND/ {print $$8}'|   \
 		    sort -u > $(OUTPUT)libbpf_global_syms.tmp;		 \