diff --git a/libbpf-tools/drsnoop.bpf.c b/libbpf-tools/drsnoop.bpf.c
index 491de15da756..91072cbb39bd 100644
--- a/libbpf-tools/drsnoop.bpf.c
+++ b/libbpf-tools/drsnoop.bpf.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int handle__mm_vmscan_direct_reclaim_begin(u64 *ctx)
 
 	piddata.ts = bpf_ktime_get_ns();
 	if (vm_zone_stat_kaddrp) {
-		bpf_probe_read(&piddata.nr_free_pages,
+		bpf_probe_read_kernel(&piddata.nr_free_pages,
 			       sizeof(*vm_zone_stat_kaddrp),
 			       &vm_zone_stat_kaddrp[NR_FREE_PAGES]);
 	}
diff --git a/libbpf-tools/filelife.bpf.c b/libbpf-tools/filelife.bpf.c
index 04217a697392..6572172007fc 100644
--- a/libbpf-tools/filelife.bpf.c
+++ b/libbpf-tools/filelife.bpf.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ int BPF_KPROBE(kprobe__vfs_unlink, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 
 	qs_name_ptr = BPF_CORE_READ(dentry, d_name.name);
 	qs_len = BPF_CORE_READ(dentry, d_name.len);
-	bpf_probe_read_str(&event.file, sizeof(event.file), qs_name_ptr);
+	bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(&event.file, sizeof(event.file), qs_name_ptr);
 	bpf_get_current_comm(&event.task, sizeof(event.task));
 	event.delta_ns = delta_ns;
 	event.tgid = tgid;
diff --git a/libbpf-tools/runqslower.bpf.c b/libbpf-tools/runqslower.bpf.c
index 65a9ca9612ad..94b215b8ab17 100644
--- a/libbpf-tools/runqslower.bpf.c
+++ b/libbpf-tools/runqslower.bpf.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int handle__sched_switch(u64 *ctx)
 
 	event.pid = pid;
 	event.delta_us = delta_us;
-	bpf_probe_read_str(&event.task, sizeof(event.task), next->comm);
+	bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(&event.task, sizeof(event.task), next->comm);
 
 	/* output */
 	bpf_perf_event_output(ctx, &events, BPF_F_CURRENT_CPU,
diff --git a/libbpf-tools/xfsslower.bpf.c b/libbpf-tools/xfsslower.bpf.c
index a73a2dc1d988..9c0bc105ecbf 100644
--- a/libbpf-tools/xfsslower.bpf.c
+++ b/libbpf-tools/xfsslower.bpf.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ probe_exit(struct pt_regs *ctx, char type, ssize_t size)
 	dentry = BPF_CORE_READ(fp, f_path.dentry);
 	qs_len = BPF_CORE_READ(dentry, d_name.len);
 	qs_name_ptr = BPF_CORE_READ(dentry, d_name.name);
-	bpf_probe_read_str(&event.file, sizeof(event.file), qs_name_ptr);
+	bpf_probe_read_kernel_str(&event.file, sizeof(event.file), qs_name_ptr);
 	bpf_get_current_comm(&event.task, sizeof(event.task));
 	event.delta_us = delta_us;
 	event.end_ns = end_ns;