diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 4816b7e11047..820500430eae 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ int unregister_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops);
 extern void ftrace_stub(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
 			struct ftrace_ops *op, struct ftrace_regs *fregs);
 
+
+int ftrace_lookup_symbols(const char **sorted_syms, size_t cnt, unsigned long *addrs);
 #else /* !CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */
 /*
  * (un)register_ftrace_function must be a macro since the ops parameter
@@ -313,6 +315,10 @@ extern void ftrace_stub(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
 static inline void ftrace_kill(void) { }
 static inline void ftrace_free_init_mem(void) { }
 static inline void ftrace_free_mem(struct module *mod, void *start, void *end) { }
+static inline int ftrace_lookup_symbols(const char **sorted_syms, size_t cnt, unsigned long *addrs)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */
 
 struct ftrace_func_entry {
diff --git a/include/linux/kallsyms.h b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
index ce1bd2fbf23e..ad39636e0c3f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kallsyms.h
+++ b/include/linux/kallsyms.h
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ static inline void *dereference_symbol_descriptor(void *ptr)
 	return ptr;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 int kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *, struct module *,
 				      unsigned long),
 			    void *data);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
 /* Lookup the address for a symbol. Returns 0 if not found. */
 unsigned long kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name);
 
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ static inline bool kallsyms_show_value(const struct cred *cred)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline int kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *, struct module *,
+					  unsigned long), void *data)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
 #endif /*CONFIG_KALLSYMS*/
 
 static inline void print_ip_sym(const char *loglvl, unsigned long ip)
diff --git a/kernel/kallsyms.c b/kernel/kallsyms.c
index 79f2eb617a62..fbdf8d3279ac 100644
--- a/kernel/kallsyms.c
+++ b/kernel/kallsyms.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/bsearch.h>
 
 /*
  * These will be re-linked against their real values
@@ -228,7 +229,6 @@ unsigned long kallsyms_lookup_name(const char *name)
 	return module_kallsyms_lookup_name(name);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
 /*
  * Iterate over all symbols in vmlinux.  For symbols from modules use
  * module_kallsyms_on_each_symbol instead.
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ int kallsyms_on_each_symbol(int (*fn)(void *, const char *, struct module *,
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
 
 static unsigned long get_symbol_pos(unsigned long addr,
 				    unsigned long *symbolsize,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
index f15b826f9899..7fd11c17558d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
@@ -2229,6 +2229,59 @@ struct bpf_kprobe_multi_run_ctx {
 	unsigned long entry_ip;
 };
 
+struct user_syms {
+	const char **syms;
+	char *buf;
+};
+
+static int copy_user_syms(struct user_syms *us, unsigned long __user *usyms, u32 cnt)
+{
+	unsigned long __user usymbol;
+	const char **syms = NULL;
+	char *buf = NULL, *p;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	syms = kvmalloc(cnt * sizeof(*syms), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!syms)
+		goto error;
+
+	buf = kvmalloc(cnt * KSYM_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		goto error;
+
+	for (p = buf, i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+		if (__get_user(usymbol, usyms + i)) {
+			err = -EFAULT;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		err = strncpy_from_user(p, (const char __user *) usymbol, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
+		if (err == KSYM_NAME_LEN)
+			err = -E2BIG;
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto error;
+		syms[i] = p;
+		p += err + 1;
+	}
+
+	us->syms = syms;
+	us->buf = buf;
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	if (err) {
+		kvfree(syms);
+		kvfree(buf);
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void free_user_syms(struct user_syms *us)
+{
+	kvfree(us->syms);
+	kvfree(us->buf);
+}
+
 static void bpf_kprobe_multi_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)
 {
 	struct bpf_kprobe_multi_link *kmulti_link;
@@ -2349,53 +2402,12 @@ kprobe_multi_link_handler(struct fprobe *fp, unsigned long entry_ip,
 	kprobe_multi_link_prog_run(link, entry_ip, regs);
 }
 
-static int
-kprobe_multi_resolve_syms(const void __user *usyms, u32 cnt,
-			  unsigned long *addrs)
+static int symbols_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
-	unsigned long addr, size;
-	const char __user **syms;
-	int err = -ENOMEM;
-	unsigned int i;
-	char *func;
+	const char **str_a = (const char **) a;
+	const char **str_b = (const char **) b;
 
-	size = cnt * sizeof(*syms);
-	syms = kvzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!syms)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	func = kmalloc(KSYM_NAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!func)
-		goto error;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(syms, usyms, size)) {
-		err = -EFAULT;
-		goto error;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
-		err = strncpy_from_user(func, syms[i], KSYM_NAME_LEN);
-		if (err == KSYM_NAME_LEN)
-			err = -E2BIG;
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto error;
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		addr = kallsyms_lookup_name(func);
-		if (!addr)
-			goto error;
-		if (!kallsyms_lookup_size_offset(addr, &size, NULL))
-			goto error;
-		addr = ftrace_location_range(addr, addr + size - 1);
-		if (!addr)
-			goto error;
-		addrs[i] = addr;
-	}
-
-	err = 0;
-error:
-	kvfree(syms);
-	kfree(func);
-	return err;
+	return strcmp(*str_a, *str_b);
 }
 
 int bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *prog)
@@ -2441,7 +2453,15 @@ int bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach(const union bpf_attr *attr, struct bpf_prog *pr
 			goto error;
 		}
 	} else {
-		err = kprobe_multi_resolve_syms(usyms, cnt, addrs);
+		struct user_syms us;
+
+		err = copy_user_syms(&us, usyms, cnt);
+		if (err)
+			goto error;
+
+		sort(us.syms, cnt, sizeof(*us.syms), symbols_cmp, NULL);
+		err = ftrace_lookup_symbols(us.syms, cnt, addrs);
+		free_user_syms(&us);
 		if (err)
 			goto error;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
index 89d9f994ebb0..aac63ca9c3d1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/fprobe.c
@@ -85,39 +85,31 @@ static void fprobe_exit_handler(struct rethook_node *rh, void *data,
 }
 NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fprobe_exit_handler);
 
+static int symbols_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const char **str_a = (const char **) a;
+	const char **str_b = (const char **) b;
+
+	return strcmp(*str_a, *str_b);
+}
+
 /* Convert ftrace location address from symbols */
 static unsigned long *get_ftrace_locations(const char **syms, int num)
 {
-	unsigned long addr, size;
 	unsigned long *addrs;
-	int i;
 
 	/* Convert symbols to symbol address */
 	addrs = kcalloc(num, sizeof(*addrs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!addrs)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
-		addr = kallsyms_lookup_name(syms[i]);
-		if (!addr)	/* Maybe wrong symbol */
-			goto error;
+	/* ftrace_lookup_symbols expects sorted symbols */
+	sort(syms, num, sizeof(*syms), symbols_cmp, NULL);
 
-		/* Convert symbol address to ftrace location. */
-		if (!kallsyms_lookup_size_offset(addr, &size, NULL) || !size)
-			goto error;
+	if (!ftrace_lookup_symbols(syms, num, addrs))
+		return addrs;
 
-		addr = ftrace_location_range(addr, addr + size - 1);
-		if (!addr) /* No dynamic ftrace there. */
-			goto error;
-
-		addrs[i] = addr;
-	}
-
-	return addrs;
-
-error:
 	kfree(addrs);
-
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 4f1d2f5e7263..07d87c7a525d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -7964,3 +7964,65 @@ ftrace_enable_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+static int symbols_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+	const char **str_a = (const char **) a;
+	const char **str_b = (const char **) b;
+
+	return strcmp(*str_a, *str_b);
+}
+
+struct kallsyms_data {
+	unsigned long *addrs;
+	const char **syms;
+	size_t cnt;
+	size_t found;
+};
+
+static int kallsyms_callback(void *data, const char *name,
+			     struct module *mod, unsigned long addr)
+{
+	struct kallsyms_data *args = data;
+
+	if (!bsearch(&name, args->syms, args->cnt, sizeof(*args->syms), symbols_cmp))
+		return 0;
+
+	addr = ftrace_location(addr);
+	if (!addr)
+		return 0;
+
+	args->addrs[args->found++] = addr;
+	return args->found == args->cnt ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ftrace_lookup_symbols - Lookup addresses for array of symbols
+ *
+ * @sorted_syms: array of symbols pointers symbols to resolve,
+ * must be alphabetically sorted
+ * @cnt: number of symbols/addresses in @syms/@addrs arrays
+ * @addrs: array for storing resulting addresses
+ *
+ * This function looks up addresses for array of symbols provided in
+ * @syms array (must be alphabetically sorted) and stores them in
+ * @addrs array, which needs to be big enough to store at least @cnt
+ * addresses.
+ *
+ * This function returns 0 if all provided symbols are found,
+ * -ESRCH otherwise.
+ */
+int ftrace_lookup_symbols(const char **sorted_syms, size_t cnt, unsigned long *addrs)
+{
+	struct kallsyms_data args;
+	int err;
+
+	args.addrs = addrs;
+	args.syms = sorted_syms;
+	args.cnt = cnt;
+	args.found = 0;
+	err = kallsyms_on_each_symbol(kallsyms_callback, &args);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+	return args.found == args.cnt ? 0 : -ESRCH;
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c
index c56db65d4c15..816eacededd1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/kprobe_multi_test.c
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 #include <test_progs.h>
 #include "kprobe_multi.skel.h"
 #include "trace_helpers.h"
+#include "kprobe_multi_empty.skel.h"
+#include "bpf/libbpf_internal.h"
+#include "bpf/hashmap.h"
 
 static void kprobe_multi_test_run(struct kprobe_multi *skel, bool test_return)
 {
@@ -301,6 +304,144 @@ cleanup:
 	kprobe_multi__destroy(skel);
 }
 
+static inline __u64 get_time_ns(void)
+{
+	struct timespec t;
+
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t);
+	return (__u64) t.tv_sec * 1000000000 + t.tv_nsec;
+}
+
+static size_t symbol_hash(const void *key, void *ctx __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return str_hash((const char *) key);
+}
+
+static bool symbol_equal(const void *key1, const void *key2, void *ctx __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return strcmp((const char *) key1, (const char *) key2) == 0;
+}
+
+static int get_syms(char ***symsp, size_t *cntp)
+{
+	size_t cap = 0, cnt = 0, i;
+	char *name, **syms = NULL;
+	struct hashmap *map;
+	char buf[256];
+	FILE *f;
+	int err;
+
+	/*
+	 * The available_filter_functions contains many duplicates,
+	 * but other than that all symbols are usable in kprobe multi
+	 * interface.
+	 * Filtering out duplicates by using hashmap__add, which won't
+	 * add existing entry.
+	 */
+	f = fopen("/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/available_filter_functions", "r");
+	if (!f)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	map = hashmap__new(symbol_hash, symbol_equal, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(map))
+		goto error;
+
+	while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f)) {
+		/* skip modules */
+		if (strchr(buf, '['))
+			continue;
+		if (sscanf(buf, "%ms$*[^\n]\n", &name) != 1)
+			continue;
+		/*
+		 * We attach to almost all kernel functions and some of them
+		 * will cause 'suspicious RCU usage' when fprobe is attached
+		 * to them. Filter out the current culprits - arch_cpu_idle
+		 * and rcu_* functions.
+		 */
+		if (!strcmp(name, "arch_cpu_idle"))
+			continue;
+		if (!strncmp(name, "rcu_", 4))
+			continue;
+		err = hashmap__add(map, name, NULL);
+		if (err) {
+			free(name);
+			if (err == -EEXIST)
+				continue;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		err = libbpf_ensure_mem((void **) &syms, &cap,
+					sizeof(*syms), cnt + 1);
+		if (err) {
+			free(name);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		syms[cnt] = name;
+		cnt++;
+	}
+
+	*symsp = syms;
+	*cntp = cnt;
+
+error:
+	fclose(f);
+	hashmap__free(map);
+	if (err) {
+		for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
+			free(syms[cnt]);
+		free(syms);
+	}
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void test_bench_attach(void)
+{
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_kprobe_multi_opts, opts);
+	struct kprobe_multi_empty *skel = NULL;
+	long attach_start_ns, attach_end_ns;
+	long detach_start_ns, detach_end_ns;
+	double attach_delta, detach_delta;
+	struct bpf_link *link = NULL;
+	char **syms = NULL;
+	size_t cnt, i;
+
+	if (!ASSERT_OK(get_syms(&syms, &cnt), "get_syms"))
+		return;
+
+	skel = kprobe_multi_empty__open_and_load();
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "kprobe_multi_empty__open_and_load"))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	opts.syms = (const char **) syms;
+	opts.cnt = cnt;
+
+	attach_start_ns = get_time_ns();
+	link = bpf_program__attach_kprobe_multi_opts(skel->progs.test_kprobe_empty,
+						     NULL, &opts);
+	attach_end_ns = get_time_ns();
+
+	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(link, "bpf_program__attach_kprobe_multi_opts"))
+		goto cleanup;
+
+	detach_start_ns = get_time_ns();
+	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+	detach_end_ns = get_time_ns();
+
+	attach_delta = (attach_end_ns - attach_start_ns) / 1000000000.0;
+	detach_delta = (detach_end_ns - detach_start_ns) / 1000000000.0;
+
+	printf("%s: found %lu functions\n", __func__, cnt);
+	printf("%s: attached in %7.3lfs\n", __func__, attach_delta);
+	printf("%s: detached in %7.3lfs\n", __func__, detach_delta);
+
+cleanup:
+	kprobe_multi_empty__destroy(skel);
+	if (syms) {
+		for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
+			free(syms[i]);
+		free(syms);
+	}
+}
+
 void test_kprobe_multi_test(void)
 {
 	if (!ASSERT_OK(load_kallsyms(), "load_kallsyms"))
@@ -320,4 +461,6 @@ void test_kprobe_multi_test(void)
 		test_attach_api_syms();
 	if (test__start_subtest("attach_api_fails"))
 		test_attach_api_fails();
+	if (test__start_subtest("bench_attach"))
+		test_bench_attach();
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/kprobe_multi_empty.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/kprobe_multi_empty.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e76e499aca39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/kprobe_multi_empty.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
+
+SEC("kprobe.multi/")
+int test_kprobe_empty(struct pt_regs *ctx)
+{
+	return 0;
+}