diff --git a/src/elf.c b/src/elf.c
index 2a62bf4..b02faec 100644
--- a/src/elf.c
+++ b/src/elf.c
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ static int symbol_cmp(const void *a, const void *b)
  * size, that needs to be released by the caller.
  */
 int elf_resolve_syms_offsets(const char *binary_path, int cnt,
-			     const char **syms, unsigned long **poffsets)
+			     const char **syms, unsigned long **poffsets,
+			     int st_type)
 {
 	int sh_types[2] = { SHT_DYNSYM, SHT_SYMTAB };
 	int err = 0, i, cnt_done = 0;
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ int elf_resolve_syms_offsets(const char *binary_path, int cnt,
 		struct elf_sym_iter iter;
 		struct elf_sym *sym;
 
-		err = elf_sym_iter_new(&iter, elf_fd.elf, binary_path, sh_types[i], STT_FUNC);
+		err = elf_sym_iter_new(&iter, elf_fd.elf, binary_path, sh_types[i], st_type);
 		if (err == -ENOENT)
 			continue;
 		if (err)
diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c
index e067be9..ea9b815 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/libbpf.c
@@ -11447,7 +11447,7 @@ bpf_program__attach_uprobe_multi(const struct bpf_program *prog,
 			return libbpf_err_ptr(err);
 		offsets = resolved_offsets;
 	} else if (syms) {
-		err = elf_resolve_syms_offsets(path, cnt, syms, &resolved_offsets);
+		err = elf_resolve_syms_offsets(path, cnt, syms, &resolved_offsets, STT_FUNC);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return libbpf_err_ptr(err);
 		offsets = resolved_offsets;
diff --git a/src/libbpf_internal.h b/src/libbpf_internal.h
index f0f0863..b5d3347 100644
--- a/src/libbpf_internal.h
+++ b/src/libbpf_internal.h
@@ -594,7 +594,8 @@ int elf_open(const char *binary_path, struct elf_fd *elf_fd);
 void elf_close(struct elf_fd *elf_fd);
 
 int elf_resolve_syms_offsets(const char *binary_path, int cnt,
-			     const char **syms, unsigned long **poffsets);
+			     const char **syms, unsigned long **poffsets,
+			     int st_type);
 int elf_resolve_pattern_offsets(const char *binary_path, const char *pattern,
 				 unsigned long **poffsets, size_t *pcnt);