return 0;
 }
 
-static int load_maps(struct bpf_map_def *maps, int len,
+static int load_maps(struct bpf_map_def *maps, int nr_maps,
                     const char **map_names, fixup_map_cb fixup_map)
 {
        int i;
-
-       for (i = 0; i < len / sizeof(struct bpf_map_def); i++) {
+       /*
+        * Warning: Using "maps" pointing to ELF data_maps->d_buf as
+        * an array of struct bpf_map_def is a wrong assumption about
+        * the ELF maps section format.
+        */
+       for (i = 0; i < nr_maps; i++) {
                if (fixup_map)
                        fixup_map(&maps[i], map_names[i], i);
 
                        return 1;
                }
                insn[insn_idx].src_reg = BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD;
+               /*
+                * Warning: Using sizeof(struct bpf_map_def) here is a
+                * wrong assumption about ELF maps section format
+                */
                insn[insn_idx].imm = map_fd[sym.st_value / sizeof(struct bpf_map_def)];
        }
 
                map_name = elf_strptr(elf, strtabidx, map_symbols[i].st_name);
                if (!map_name) {
                        printf("cannot get map symbol\n");
-                       return 1;
+                       return -1;
                }
 
                map_names[i] = strdup(map_name);
                if (!map_names[i]) {
                        printf("strdup(%s): %s(%d)\n", map_name,
                               strerror(errno), errno);
-                       return 1;
+                       return -1;
                }
        }
 
-       return 0;
+       return nr_maps;
 }
 
 static int do_load_bpf_file(const char *path, fixup_map_cb fixup_map)
        }
 
        if (data_maps) {
-               if (get_sorted_map_names(elf, symbols, maps_shndx, strtabidx,
-                                        map_names))
+               int nr_maps;
+               int prog_elf_map_sz;
+
+               nr_maps = get_sorted_map_names(elf, symbols, maps_shndx,
+                                              strtabidx, map_names);
+               if (nr_maps < 0)
                        goto done;
 
-               if (load_maps(data_maps->d_buf, data_maps->d_size,
+               /* Deduce map struct size stored in ELF maps section */
+               prog_elf_map_sz = data_maps->d_size / nr_maps;
+               if (prog_elf_map_sz != sizeof(struct bpf_map_def)) {
+                       printf("Error: ELF maps sec wrong size (%d/%lu),"
+                              " old kern.o file?\n",
+                              prog_elf_map_sz, sizeof(struct bpf_map_def));
+                       ret = 1;
+                       goto done;
+               }
+
+               if (load_maps(data_maps->d_buf, nr_maps,
                              (const char **)map_names, fixup_map))
                        goto done;