diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 42a4063de7cd2..9de3c9c3267cb 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -3677,6 +3677,8 @@ static int check_max_stack_depth(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 	if (tail_call_reachable)
 		for (j = 0; j < frame; j++)
 			subprog[ret_prog[j]].tail_call_reachable = true;
+	if (subprog[0].tail_call_reachable)
+		env->prog->aux->tail_call_reachable = true;
 
 	/* end of for() loop means the last insn of the 'subprog'
 	 * was reached. Doesn't matter whether it was JA or EXIT