diff --git a/src/gen_loader.c b/src/gen_loader.c
index 83e8e3b..cf3323f 100644
--- a/src/gen_loader.c
+++ b/src/gen_loader.c
@@ -703,17 +703,17 @@ static void emit_relo_kfunc_btf(struct bpf_gen *gen, struct ksym_relo_desc *relo
 	/* obtain fd in BPF_REG_9 */
 	emit(gen, BPF_MOV64_REG(BPF_REG_9, BPF_REG_7));
 	emit(gen, BPF_ALU64_IMM(BPF_RSH, BPF_REG_9, 32));
-	/* jump to fd_array store if fd denotes module BTF */
+	/* load fd_array slot pointer */
+	emit2(gen, BPF_LD_IMM64_RAW_FULL(BPF_REG_0, BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_IDX_VALUE,
+					 0, 0, 0, blob_fd_array_off(gen, btf_fd_idx)));
+	/* store BTF fd in slot, 0 for vmlinux */
+	emit(gen, BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_9, 0));
+	/* jump to insn[insn_idx].off store if fd denotes module BTF */
 	emit(gen, BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JNE, BPF_REG_9, 0, 2));
 	/* set the default value for off */
 	emit(gen, BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_H, BPF_REG_8, offsetof(struct bpf_insn, off), 0));
 	/* skip BTF fd store for vmlinux BTF */
-	emit(gen, BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JA, 0, 0, 4));
-	/* load fd_array slot pointer */
-	emit2(gen, BPF_LD_IMM64_RAW_FULL(BPF_REG_0, BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_IDX_VALUE,
-					 0, 0, 0, blob_fd_array_off(gen, btf_fd_idx)));
-	/* store BTF fd in slot */
-	emit(gen, BPF_STX_MEM(BPF_W, BPF_REG_0, BPF_REG_9, 0));
+	emit(gen, BPF_JMP_IMM(BPF_JA, 0, 0, 1));
 	/* store index into insn[insn_idx].off */
 	emit(gen, BPF_ST_MEM(BPF_H, BPF_REG_8, offsetof(struct bpf_insn, off), btf_fd_idx));
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