diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
index 74c3b73a5fbe..089b73b3cb37 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/Makefile
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ GLOBAL_SYM_COUNT = $(shell readelf -s --wide $(BPF_IN_SHARED) | \
 			   sort -u | wc -l)
 VERSIONED_SYM_COUNT = $(shell readelf --dyn-syms --wide $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so | \
 			      sed 's/\[.*\]//' | \
-			      awk '/GLOBAL/ && /DEFAULT/ && !/UND/ {print $$NF}' | \
+			      awk '/GLOBAL/ && /DEFAULT/ && !/UND|ABS/ {print $$NF}' | \
 			      grep -Eo '[^ ]+@LIBBPF_' | cut -d@ -f1 | sort -u | wc -l)
 
 CMD_TARGETS = $(LIB_TARGET) $(PC_FILE)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ check_abi: $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so $(VERSION_SCRIPT)
 		    sort -u > $(OUTPUT)libbpf_global_syms.tmp;		 \
 		readelf --dyn-syms --wide $(OUTPUT)libbpf.so |		 \
 		    sed 's/\[.*\]//' |					 \
-		    awk '/GLOBAL/ && /DEFAULT/ && !/UND/ {print $$NF}'|  \
+		    awk '/GLOBAL/ && /DEFAULT/ && !/UND|ABS/ {print $$NF}'|  \
 		    grep -Eo '[^ ]+@LIBBPF_' | cut -d@ -f1 |		 \
 		    sort -u > $(OUTPUT)libbpf_versioned_syms.tmp; 	 \
 		diff -u $(OUTPUT)libbpf_global_syms.tmp			 \