diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index f7229390c279..14ad7c6e806a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -584,8 +584,8 @@ static void mark_reg_unknown(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 {
 	if (WARN_ON(regno >= MAX_BPF_REG)) {
 		verbose(env, "mark_reg_unknown(regs, %u)\n", regno);
-		/* Something bad happened, let's kill all regs */
-		for (regno = 0; regno < MAX_BPF_REG; regno++)
+		/* Something bad happened, let's kill all regs except FP */
+		for (regno = 0; regno < BPF_REG_FP; regno++)
 			__mark_reg_not_init(regs + regno);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ static void mark_reg_not_init(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 {
 	if (WARN_ON(regno >= MAX_BPF_REG)) {
 		verbose(env, "mark_reg_not_init(regs, %u)\n", regno);
-		/* Something bad happened, let's kill all regs */
-		for (regno = 0; regno < MAX_BPF_REG; regno++)
+		/* Something bad happened, let's kill all regs except FP */
+		for (regno = 0; regno < BPF_REG_FP; regno++)
 			__mark_reg_not_init(regs + regno);
 		return;
 	}