diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index a5255a0dcbb6..1b908dd19aee 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ static void print_insn_state(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 static void *copy_array(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	size_t bytes;
+	void *p;
 
 	if (ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR(src))
 		goto out;
@@ -1062,13 +1063,13 @@ static void *copy_array(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t
 	if (unlikely(check_mul_overflow(n, size, &bytes)))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if (ksize(dst) < ksize(src)) {
-		kfree(dst);
-		dst = kmalloc_track_caller(kmalloc_size_roundup(bytes), flags);
-		if (!dst)
-			return NULL;
+	p = krealloc(dst, kmalloc_size_roundup(bytes), flags);
+	if (!p) {
+		dst = NULL;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	dst = p;
 	memcpy(dst, src, bytes);
 out:
 	return dst ? dst : ZERO_SIZE_PTR;