diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
index 3d1c25fc97ae..bfef3d606b54 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf.c
@@ -657,22 +657,32 @@ int btf__finalize_data(struct bpf_object *obj, struct btf *btf)
 
 int btf__load(struct btf *btf)
 {
-	__u32 log_buf_size = BPF_LOG_BUF_SIZE;
+	__u32 log_buf_size = 0;
 	char *log_buf = NULL;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (btf->fd >= 0)
 		return -EEXIST;
 
-	log_buf = malloc(log_buf_size);
-	if (!log_buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+retry_load:
+	if (log_buf_size) {
+		log_buf = malloc(log_buf_size);
+		if (!log_buf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 
-	*log_buf = 0;
+		*log_buf = 0;
+	}
 
 	btf->fd = bpf_load_btf(btf->data, btf->data_size,
 			       log_buf, log_buf_size, false);
 	if (btf->fd < 0) {
+		if (!log_buf || errno == ENOSPC) {
+			log_buf_size = max((__u32)BPF_LOG_BUF_SIZE,
+					   log_buf_size << 1);
+			free(log_buf);
+			goto retry_load;
+		}
+
 		err = -errno;
 		pr_warn("Error loading BTF: %s(%d)\n", strerror(errno), errno);
 		if (*log_buf)
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index e9479ad9dd51..62903302935e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -4851,8 +4851,8 @@ load_program(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_insn *insns, int insns_cnt,
 {
 	struct bpf_load_program_attr load_attr;
 	char *cp, errmsg[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
-	int log_buf_size = BPF_LOG_BUF_SIZE;
-	char *log_buf;
+	size_t log_buf_size = 0;
+	char *log_buf = NULL;
 	int btf_fd, ret;
 
 	if (!insns || !insns_cnt)
@@ -4892,22 +4892,28 @@ load_program(struct bpf_program *prog, struct bpf_insn *insns, int insns_cnt,
 	load_attr.prog_flags = prog->prog_flags;
 
 retry_load:
-	log_buf = malloc(log_buf_size);
-	if (!log_buf)
-		pr_warn("Alloc log buffer for bpf loader error, continue without log\n");
+	if (log_buf_size) {
+		log_buf = malloc(log_buf_size);
+		if (!log_buf)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		*log_buf = 0;
+	}
 
 	ret = bpf_load_program_xattr(&load_attr, log_buf, log_buf_size);
 
 	if (ret >= 0) {
-		if (load_attr.log_level)
+		if (log_buf && load_attr.log_level)
 			pr_debug("verifier log:\n%s", log_buf);
 		*pfd = ret;
 		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (errno == ENOSPC) {
-		log_buf_size <<= 1;
+	if (!log_buf || errno == ENOSPC) {
+		log_buf_size = max((size_t)BPF_LOG_BUF_SIZE,
+				   log_buf_size << 1);
+
 		free(log_buf);
 		goto retry_load;
 	}