diff --git a/src/btf.c b/src/btf.c
index b46760b..7e0de56 100644
--- a/src/btf.c
+++ b/src/btf.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ int btf__finalize_data(struct bpf_object *obj, struct btf *btf)
 
 static void *btf_get_raw_data(const struct btf *btf, __u32 *size, bool swap_endian);
 
-int btf__load(struct btf *btf)
+int btf__load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf)
 {
 	__u32 log_buf_size = 0, raw_size;
 	char *log_buf = NULL;
@@ -1228,6 +1228,7 @@ done:
 	free(log_buf);
 	return libbpf_err(err);
 }
+int btf__load(struct btf *) __attribute__((alias("btf__load_into_kernel")));
 
 int btf__fd(const struct btf *btf)
 {
diff --git a/src/btf.h b/src/btf.h
index 374e9f1..fd8a21d 100644
--- a/src/btf.h
+++ b/src/btf.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ LIBBPF_API struct btf *btf__parse_raw_split(const char *path, struct btf *base_b
 
 LIBBPF_API int btf__finalize_data(struct bpf_object *obj, struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API int btf__load(struct btf *btf);
+LIBBPF_API int btf__load_into_kernel(struct btf *btf);
 LIBBPF_API __s32 btf__find_by_name(const struct btf *btf,
 				   const char *type_name);
 LIBBPF_API __s32 btf__find_by_name_kind(const struct btf *btf,
diff --git a/src/libbpf.c b/src/libbpf.c
index 7b2b5d2..9a657d6 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.c
+++ b/src/libbpf.c
@@ -2769,7 +2769,7 @@ static int bpf_object__sanitize_and_load_btf(struct bpf_object *obj)
 		 */
 		btf__set_fd(kern_btf, 0);
 	} else {
-		err = btf__load(kern_btf);
+		err = btf__load_into_kernel(kern_btf);
 	}
 	if (sanitize) {
 		if (!err) {
diff --git a/src/libbpf.map b/src/libbpf.map
index c240d48..4d80eb8 100644
--- a/src/libbpf.map
+++ b/src/libbpf.map
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ LIBBPF_0.5.0 {
 		bpf_map_lookup_and_delete_elem_flags;
 		bpf_program__attach_kprobe_opts;
 		bpf_object__gen_loader;
+		btf__load_into_kernel;
 		btf_dump__dump_type_data;
 		libbpf_set_strict_mode;
 } LIBBPF_0.4.0;