diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dmabuf_iter.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dmabuf_iter.c
index 13cdb11fdeb2..9cbb7442646e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dmabuf_iter.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/dmabuf_iter.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int dmabuf_collector(struct bpf_iter__dmabuf *ctx)
 
 	/* Buffers are not required to be named */
 	if (pname) {
-		if (bpf_probe_read_kernel(name, sizeof(name), pname))
+		if (bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(name, sizeof(name), pname) < 0)
 			return 1;
 
 		/* Name strings can be provided by userspace */