diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_struct_ops.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_struct_ops.c
index 369f15dd55a8d4a33c716a8b3f2d5f72129d7a01..d2d170c41c60f868f4f62780121a3ee1d83226b9 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_struct_ops.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_struct_ops.c
@@ -987,6 +987,7 @@ bool bpf_struct_ops_get(const void *kdata)
 	map = __bpf_map_inc_not_zero(&st_map->map, false);
 	return !IS_ERR(map);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bpf_struct_ops_get);
 
 void bpf_struct_ops_put(const void *kdata)
 {
@@ -998,6 +999,7 @@ void bpf_struct_ops_put(const void *kdata)
 
 	bpf_map_put(&st_map->map);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bpf_struct_ops_put);
 
 static bool bpf_struct_ops_valid_to_reg(struct bpf_map *map)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 7180f5c58932f442cd722b8ba1d93699d476a624..d08f006ff32e333b32ce38685521db27431a16b7 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@ int bpf_obj_name_cpy(char *dst, const char *src, unsigned int size)
 
 	return src - orig_src;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bpf_obj_name_cpy);
 
 int map_check_no_btf(const struct bpf_map *map,
 		     const struct btf *btf,
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 9049ac24b253c7b102a78528dda510bbdbb67b2d..229b1ef9c2ee2185c5d091ed1ff4bf086c4f16f0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -938,35 +938,33 @@ find_struct_ops_kern_types(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *tname_raw,
 	const struct btf_member *kern_data_member;
 	struct btf *btf = NULL;
 	__s32 kern_vtype_id, kern_type_id;
-	char tname[256];
+	char tname[192], stname[256];
 	__u32 i;
 
 	snprintf(tname, sizeof(tname), "%.*s",
 		 (int)bpf_core_essential_name_len(tname_raw), tname_raw);
 
-	kern_type_id = find_ksym_btf_id(obj, tname, BTF_KIND_STRUCT,
-					&btf, mod_btf);
-	if (kern_type_id < 0) {
-		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s is not found in kernel BTF\n",
-			tname);
-		return kern_type_id;
-	}
-	kern_type = btf__type_by_id(btf, kern_type_id);
+	snprintf(stname, sizeof(stname), "%s%s", STRUCT_OPS_VALUE_PREFIX, tname);
 
-	/* Find the corresponding "map_value" type that will be used
-	 * in map_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS).  For example,
-	 * find "struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops" from the
-	 * btf_vmlinux.
+	/* Look for the corresponding "map_value" type that will be used
+	 * in map_update(BPF_MAP_TYPE_STRUCT_OPS) first, figure out the btf
+	 * and the mod_btf.
+	 * For example, find "struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops".
 	 */
-	kern_vtype_id = find_btf_by_prefix_kind(btf, STRUCT_OPS_VALUE_PREFIX,
-						tname, BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
+	kern_vtype_id = find_ksym_btf_id(obj, stname, BTF_KIND_STRUCT, &btf, mod_btf);
 	if (kern_vtype_id < 0) {
-		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s%s is not found in kernel BTF\n",
-			STRUCT_OPS_VALUE_PREFIX, tname);
+		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s is not found in kernel BTF\n", stname);
 		return kern_vtype_id;
 	}
 	kern_vtype = btf__type_by_id(btf, kern_vtype_id);
 
+	kern_type_id = btf__find_by_name_kind(btf, tname, BTF_KIND_STRUCT);
+	if (kern_type_id < 0) {
+		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s is not found in kernel BTF\n", tname);
+		return kern_type_id;
+	}
+	kern_type = btf__type_by_id(btf, kern_type_id);
+
 	/* Find "struct tcp_congestion_ops" from
 	 * struct bpf_struct_ops_tcp_congestion_ops {
 	 *	[ ... ]
@@ -979,8 +977,8 @@ find_struct_ops_kern_types(struct bpf_object *obj, const char *tname_raw,
 			break;
 	}
 	if (i == btf_vlen(kern_vtype)) {
-		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s data is not found in struct %s%s\n",
-			tname, STRUCT_OPS_VALUE_PREFIX, tname);
+		pr_warn("struct_ops init_kern: struct %s data is not found in struct %s\n",
+			tname, stname);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}