diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 0bfad86ec960..cb0631098f91 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -3068,7 +3068,8 @@ struct bpf_sock {
 	__u32 src_ip4;
 	__u32 src_ip6[4];
 	__u32 src_port;		/* host byte order */
-	__u32 dst_port;		/* network byte order */
+	__be16 dst_port;	/* network byte order */
+	__u16 :16;		/* zero padding */
 	__u32 dst_ip4;
 	__u32 dst_ip6[4];
 	__u32 state;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/verifier/sock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/verifier/sock.c
index 9ed192e14f5f..b2ce50bb935b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/verifier/sock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/verifier/sock.c
@@ -121,7 +121,25 @@
 	.result = ACCEPT,
 },
 {
-	"sk_fullsock(skb->sk): sk->dst_port [narrow load]",
+	"sk_fullsock(skb->sk): sk->dst_port [word load] (backward compatibility)",
+	.insns = {
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_1, offsetof(struct __sk_buff, sk)),
+	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_1, 0, 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_sk_fullsock),
+	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_0, 0, 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_0, offsetof(struct bpf_sock, dst_port)),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	},
+	.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB,
+	.result = ACCEPT,
+},
+{
+	"sk_fullsock(skb->sk): sk->dst_port [half load]",
 	.insns = {
 	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_1, offsetof(struct __sk_buff, sk)),
 	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_1, 0, 2),
@@ -139,7 +157,7 @@
 	.result = ACCEPT,
 },
 {
-	"sk_fullsock(skb->sk): sk->dst_port [load 2nd byte]",
+	"sk_fullsock(skb->sk): sk->dst_port [half load] (invalid)",
 	.insns = {
 	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_1, offsetof(struct __sk_buff, sk)),
 	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_1, 0, 2),
@@ -149,7 +167,64 @@
 	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_0, 0, 2),
 	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
 	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
-	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_B, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_0, offsetof(struct bpf_sock, dst_port) + 1),
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_H, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_0, offsetof(struct bpf_sock, dst_port) + 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	},
+	.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB,
+	.result = REJECT,
+	.errstr = "invalid sock access",
+},
+{
+	"sk_fullsock(skb->sk): sk->dst_port [byte load]",
+	.insns = {
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_1, offsetof(struct __sk_buff, sk)),
+	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_1, 0, 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_sk_fullsock),
+	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_0, 0, 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_B, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_0, offsetof(struct bpf_sock, dst_port)),
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_B, BPF_REG_2, BPF_REG_0, offsetof(struct bpf_sock, dst_port) + 1),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	},
+	.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB,
+	.result = ACCEPT,
+},
+{
+	"sk_fullsock(skb->sk): sk->dst_port [byte load] (invalid)",
+	.insns = {
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_1, offsetof(struct __sk_buff, sk)),
+	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_1, 0, 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_sk_fullsock),
+	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_0, 0, 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_B, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_0, offsetof(struct bpf_sock, dst_port) + 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	},
+	.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB,
+	.result = REJECT,
+	.errstr = "invalid sock access",
+},
+{
+	"sk_fullsock(skb->sk): past sk->dst_port [half load] (invalid)",
+	.insns = {
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_DW, BPF_REG_1, BPF_REG_1, offsetof(struct __sk_buff, sk)),
+	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_1, 0, 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	BPF_EMIT_CALL(BPF_FUNC_sk_fullsock),
+	BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_0, 0, 2),
+	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
+	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
+	BPF_LDX_MEM(BPF_H, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_0, offsetofend(struct bpf_sock, dst_port)),
 	BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
 	BPF_EXIT_INSN(),
 	},