diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index f7c27c1cc593..36c2896ee45f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -605,7 +605,11 @@ static __always_inline int bpf_tree_comp(void *key, struct latch_tree_node *n)
 
 	if (val < ksym->start)
 		return -1;
-	if (val >= ksym->end)
+	/* Ensure that we detect return addresses as part of the program, when
+	 * the final instruction is a call for a program part of the stack
+	 * trace. Therefore, do val > ksym->end instead of val >= ksym->end.
+	 */
+	if (val > ksym->end)
 		return  1;
 
 	return 0;