diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index 2ce9c5ba1934..9288be1d6bf0 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int do_dump(int argc, char **argv)
 		buf = (unsigned char *)(info->jited_prog_insns);
 		member_len = info->jited_prog_len;
 	} else {	/* DUMP_XLATED */
-		if (info->xlated_prog_len == 0) {
+		if (info->xlated_prog_len == 0 || !info->xlated_prog_insns) {
 			p_err("error retrieving insn dump: kernel.kptr_restrict set?");
 			goto err_free;
 		}