diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 5d9c906bc3cbacc53e6f07b62f03cfc128a85488..f0c429cf44245c26b7ffe7ab10ba28a762fbeb4a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ endef
 # Build BPF object using GCC
 define GCC_BPF_BUILD_RULE
 	$(call msg,GCC-BPF,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$2)
-	$(Q)$(BPF_GCC) $3 -Wno-attributes -O2 -c $1 -o $2
+	$(Q)$(BPF_GCC) $3 -DBPF_NO_PRESERVE_ACCESS_INDEX -Wno-attributes -O2 -c $1 -o $2
 endef
 
 SKEL_BLACKLIST := btf__% test_pinning_invalid.c test_sk_assign.c