diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
index 483c02cf21d1..3cd705802330 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf.c
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ int bpf_map_create(enum bpf_map_type map_type,
 	attr.excl_prog_hash_size = OPTS_GET(opts, excl_prog_hash_size, 0);
 
 	log_opts = OPTS_GET(opts, log_opts, NULL);
+	if (!OPTS_VALID(log_opts, bpf_log_opts))
+		return libbpf_err(-EINVAL);
+
 	if (log_opts && feat_supported(NULL, FEAT_BPF_SYSCALL_COMMON_ATTRS)) {
 		memset(&attr_common, 0, attr_common_sz);
 		attr_common.log_buf = ptr_to_u64(OPTS_GET(log_opts, buf, NULL));