diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 1d02ba7f11b4..26e49e6aa5b1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -10017,7 +10017,7 @@ bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts(const struct bpf_program *prog,
 		gen_kprobe_legacy_event_name(probe_name, sizeof(probe_name),
 					     func_name, offset);
 
-		legacy_probe = strdup(func_name);
+		legacy_probe = strdup(probe_name);
 		if (!legacy_probe)
 			return libbpf_err_ptr(-ENOMEM);