diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 3d20aa1f4b54..84ad532f2854 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -1342,6 +1342,11 @@ static s32 btf_array_check_meta(struct btf_verifier_env *env,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (t->size) {
+		btf_verifier_log_type(env, t, "size != 0");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Array elem type and index type cannot be in type void,
 	 * so !array->type and !array->index_type are not allowed.
 	 */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.c
index 35064df688c1..fd8246e84149 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.c
@@ -1178,6 +1178,29 @@ static struct btf_raw_test raw_tests[] = {
 	.err_str = "Invalid index",
 },
 
+{
+	.descr = "array test. t->size != 0\"",
+	.raw_types = {
+		/* int */				/* [1] */
+		BTF_TYPE_INT_ENC(0, BTF_INT_SIGNED, 0, 32, 4),
+		/* int[16] */				/* [2] */
+		BTF_TYPE_ENC(0, BTF_INFO_ENC(BTF_KIND_ARRAY, 0, 0), 1),
+		BTF_ARRAY_ENC(1, 1, 16),
+		BTF_END_RAW,
+	},
+	.str_sec = "",
+	.str_sec_size = sizeof(""),
+	.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
+	.map_name = "array_test_map",
+	.key_size = sizeof(int),
+	.value_size = sizeof(int),
+	.key_type_id = 1,
+	.value_type_id = 1,
+	.max_entries = 4,
+	.btf_load_err = true,
+	.err_str = "size != 0",
+},
+
 {
 	.descr = "int test. invalid int_data",
 	.raw_types = {