diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 406838fa9c4f..e6cd62b1264b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/bpf.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
@@ -1542,3 +1543,10 @@ bpf_object__find_map_by_offset(struct bpf_object *obj, size_t offset)
 	}
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
+
+long libbpf_get_error(const void *ptr)
+{
+	if (IS_ERR(ptr))
+		return PTR_ERR(ptr);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
index 2188ccdc0e2d..4014d1ba5e3d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 #define __BPF_LIBBPF_H
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
-#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>  // for size_t
 
 enum libbpf_errno {
@@ -234,4 +234,6 @@ int bpf_map__set_priv(struct bpf_map *map, void *priv,
 		      bpf_map_clear_priv_t clear_priv);
 void *bpf_map__priv(struct bpf_map *map);
 
+long libbpf_get_error(const void *ptr);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
index 02a33ebcd992..d357dab72e68 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ static int test__bpf_parsing(void *obj_buf, size_t obj_buf_sz)
 	struct bpf_object *obj;
 
 	obj = bpf_object__open_buffer(obj_buf, obj_buf_sz, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(obj))
+	if (libbpf_get_error(obj))
 		return TEST_FAIL;
 	bpf_object__close(obj);
 	return TEST_OK;