diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c
index 26004f0c5a6a..1eb756f8d02e 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ int iter(struct bpf_iter__task_file *ctx)
 				       BPF_LINK_TYPE_PERF_EVENT___local)) {
 		struct bpf_link *link = (struct bpf_link *) file->private_data;
 
-		if (link->type == bpf_core_enum_value(enum bpf_link_type___local,
+		if (BPF_CORE_READ(link, type) == bpf_core_enum_value(enum bpf_link_type___local,
 						      BPF_LINK_TYPE_PERF_EVENT___local)) {
 			e.has_bpf_cookie = true;
 			e.bpf_cookie = get_bpf_cookie(link);