diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index b9245bf688fa..5b9b42ab7aa0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -4327,7 +4327,7 @@ int bpf_map__set_autocreate(struct bpf_map *map, bool autocreate)
 int bpf_map__reuse_fd(struct bpf_map *map, int fd)
 {
 	struct bpf_map_info info = {};
-	__u32 len = sizeof(info);
+	__u32 len = sizeof(info), name_len;
 	int new_fd, err;
 	char *new_name;
 
@@ -4337,7 +4337,12 @@ int bpf_map__reuse_fd(struct bpf_map *map, int fd)
 	if (err)
 		return libbpf_err(err);
 
-	new_name = strdup(info.name);
+	name_len = strlen(info.name);
+	if (name_len == BPF_OBJ_NAME_LEN - 1 && strncmp(map->name, info.name, name_len) == 0)
+		new_name = strdup(map->name);
+	else
+		new_name = strdup(info.name);
+
 	if (!new_name)
 		return libbpf_err(-errno);