diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c
index eb05ea53afb126..e2af8e5fb29ec5 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/skeleton/pid_iter.bpf.c
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ enum bpf_obj_type {
 	BPF_OBJ_BTF,
 };
 
+struct perf_event___local {
+	u64 bpf_cookie;
+} __attribute__((preserve_access_index));
+
 extern const void bpf_link_fops __ksym;
 extern const void bpf_map_fops __ksym;
 extern const void bpf_prog_fops __ksym;
@@ -41,8 +45,8 @@ static __always_inline __u32 get_obj_id(void *ent, enum bpf_obj_type type)
 /* could be used only with BPF_LINK_TYPE_PERF_EVENT links */
 static __u64 get_bpf_cookie(struct bpf_link *link)
 {
+	struct perf_event___local *event;
 	struct bpf_perf_link *perf_link;
-	struct perf_event *event;
 
 	perf_link = container_of(link, struct bpf_perf_link, link);
 	event = BPF_CORE_READ(perf_link, perf_file, private_data);