diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index caac2087a4d5..5e3863d5f666 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ struct bpf_prog_aux;
 		.off   = 0,					\
 		.imm   = ((__u64) (IMM)) >> 32 })
 
-#define BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD	1
-
 /* pseudo BPF_LD_IMM64 insn used to refer to process-local map_fd */
 #define BPF_LD_MAP_FD(DST, MAP_FD)				\
 	BPF_LD_IMM64_RAW(DST, BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD, MAP_FD)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 45da7ec7d274..0248180bf2e2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ enum bpf_prog_type {
 	BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER,
 };
 
+#define BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD	1
+
 /* flags for BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM command */
 #define BPF_ANY		0 /* create new element or update existing */
 #define BPF_NOEXIST	1 /* create new element if it didn't exist */
diff --git a/samples/bpf/libbpf.h b/samples/bpf/libbpf.h
index 58c5fe1bdba1..a6bb7e9c22c3 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/libbpf.h
+++ b/samples/bpf/libbpf.h
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ extern char bpf_log_buf[LOG_BUF_SIZE];
 		.off   = 0,					\
 		.imm   = ((__u64) (IMM)) >> 32 })
 
-#define BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD	1
+#ifndef BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD
+# define BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD	1
+#endif
 
 /* pseudo BPF_LD_IMM64 insn used to refer to process-local map_fd */
 #define BPF_LD_MAP_FD(DST, MAP_FD)				\