diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index f3cd17026ee5..aa4e29315f4a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)/sign-file: ../../../../scripts/sign-file.c
 $(OUTPUT)/bpf_testmod.ko: $(VMLINUX_BTF) $(wildcard bpf_testmod/Makefile bpf_testmod/*.[ch])
 	$(call msg,MOD,,$@)
 	$(Q)$(RM) bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.ko # force re-compilation
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C bpf_testmod
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) RESOLVE_BTFIDS=$(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) -C bpf_testmod
 	$(Q)cp bpf_testmod/bpf_testmod.ko $@
 
 DEFAULT_BPFTOOL := $(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/sbin/bpftool