diff --git a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
index 6aa9e10c6335..d154e52dd7ae 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/cgroup.c
@@ -653,6 +653,60 @@ static struct bpf_prog_list *find_detach_entry(struct list_head *progs,
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
+/**
+ * purge_effective_progs() - After compute_effective_progs fails to alloc new
+ *			     cgrp->bpf.inactive table we can recover by
+ *			     recomputing the array in place.
+ *
+ * @cgrp: The cgroup which descendants to travers
+ * @prog: A program to detach or NULL
+ * @link: A link to detach or NULL
+ * @type: Type of detach operation
+ */
+static void purge_effective_progs(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct bpf_prog *prog,
+				  struct bpf_cgroup_link *link,
+				  enum bpf_attach_type type)
+{
+	struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
+	struct bpf_prog_array *progs;
+	struct bpf_prog_list *pl;
+	struct list_head *head;
+	struct cgroup *cg;
+	int pos;
+
+	/* recompute effective prog array in place */
+	css_for_each_descendant_pre(css, &cgrp->self) {
+		struct cgroup *desc = container_of(css, struct cgroup, self);
+
+		if (percpu_ref_is_zero(&desc->bpf.refcnt))
+			continue;
+
+		/* find position of link or prog in effective progs array */
+		for (pos = 0, cg = desc; cg; cg = cgroup_parent(cg)) {
+			if (pos && !(cg->bpf.flags[type] & BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI))
+				continue;
+
+			head = &cg->bpf.progs[type];
+			list_for_each_entry(pl, head, node) {
+				if (!prog_list_prog(pl))
+					continue;
+				if (pl->prog == prog && pl->link == link)
+					goto found;
+				pos++;
+			}
+		}
+found:
+		BUG_ON(!cg);
+		progs = rcu_dereference_protected(
+				desc->bpf.effective[type],
+				lockdep_is_held(&cgroup_mutex));
+
+		/* Remove the program from the array */
+		WARN_ONCE(bpf_prog_array_delete_safe_at(progs, pos),
+			  "Failed to purge a prog from array at index %d", pos);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * __cgroup_bpf_detach() - Detach the program or link from a cgroup, and
  *                         propagate the change to descendants
@@ -671,7 +725,6 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_detach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 	u32 flags = cgrp->bpf.flags[type];
 	struct bpf_prog_list *pl;
 	struct bpf_prog *old_prog;
-	int err;
 
 	if (prog && link)
 		/* only one of prog or link can be specified */
@@ -686,9 +739,12 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_detach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 	pl->prog = NULL;
 	pl->link = NULL;
 
-	err = update_effective_progs(cgrp, type);
-	if (err)
-		goto cleanup;
+	if (update_effective_progs(cgrp, type)) {
+		/* if update effective array failed replace the prog with a dummy prog*/
+		pl->prog = old_prog;
+		pl->link = link;
+		purge_effective_progs(cgrp, old_prog, link, type);
+	}
 
 	/* now can actually delete it from this cgroup list */
 	list_del(&pl->node);
@@ -700,12 +756,6 @@ int __cgroup_bpf_detach(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 		bpf_prog_put(old_prog);
 	static_branch_dec(&cgroup_bpf_enabled_key);
 	return 0;
-
-cleanup:
-	/* restore back prog or link */
-	pl->prog = old_prog;
-	pl->link = link;
-	return err;
 }
 
 /* Must be called with cgroup_mutex held to avoid races. */