diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index a5255a0dcbb6..8e006d8074a4 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -1062,12 +1062,9 @@ 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;
-	}
+	dst = krealloc(dst, kmalloc_size_roundup(bytes), flags);
+	if (!dst)
+		return NULL;
 
 	memcpy(dst, src, bytes);
 out: