diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c
index 8f5a81b..fe4fc54 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/libbpf.c
@@ -5093,6 +5093,16 @@ static bool map_is_reuse_compat(const struct bpf_map *map, int map_fd)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * bpf_get_map_info_by_fd() for DEVMAP will always return flags with
+	 * BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG set, but it generally is not set at map creation time.
+	 * Thus, ignore the BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG flag in the flags returned from
+	 * bpf_get_map_info_by_fd() when checking for compatibility with an
+	 * existing DEVMAP.
+	 */
+	if (map->def.type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP || map->def.type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_DEVMAP_HASH)
+		map_info.map_flags &= ~BPF_F_RDONLY_PROG;
+
 	return (map_info.type == map->def.type &&
 		map_info.key_size == map->def.key_size &&
 		map_info.value_size == map->def.value_size &&