diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
index 37159e02f418..6ae7262ebe0c 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/gen.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static int do_skeleton(int argc, char **argv)
 				continue;
 
 			if (use_loader)
-				printf("t\tint %s_fd;\n", ident);
+				printf("\t\tint %s_fd;\n", ident);
 			else
 				printf("\t\tstruct bpf_link *%s;\n", ident);
 		}