diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index a3521deca86943aa93e24560b5aa7a47d1fb983d..b352ab041160746e4b61ce46b0a3eb2bb57cb8b0 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ prog_dump(struct bpf_prog_info *info, enum dump_mode mode,
 		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?");
 			return -1;
 		}