diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 5d93fd82e764..9f33e95d5741 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -8749,6 +8749,7 @@ BPF_CALL_4(bpf_btf_find_by_name_kind, char *, name, int, name_sz, u32, kind, int
 const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_btf_find_by_name_kind_proto = {
 	.func		= bpf_btf_find_by_name_kind,
 	.gpl_only	= false,
+	.might_sleep	= true,
 	.ret_type	= RET_INTEGER,
 	.arg1_type	= ARG_PTR_TO_MEM | MEM_RDONLY,
 	.arg2_type	= ARG_MEM_SIZE,