diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 242fe307032f..b4d5b343c191 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,8 @@ static void print_insn_state(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
  */
 static void *copy_array(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
+	size_t alloc_bytes;
+	void *orig = dst;
 	size_t bytes;
 
 	if (ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(src))
@@ -1008,11 +1010,11 @@ static void *copy_array(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t
 	if (unlikely(check_mul_overflow(n, size, &bytes)))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (ksize(dst) < ksize(src)) {
-		kfree(dst);
-		dst = kmalloc_track_caller(kmalloc_size_roundup(bytes), flags);
-		if (!dst)
-			return NULL;
+	alloc_bytes = max(ksize(orig), kmalloc_size_roundup(bytes));
+	dst = krealloc(orig, alloc_bytes, flags);
+	if (!dst) {
+		kfree(orig);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	memcpy(dst, src, bytes);