diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 6da8b219e4d7e..8cf336bd874ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ enum bpf_reg_type {
 	PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON_OR_NULL	= PTR_MAYBE_NULL | PTR_TO_SOCK_COMMON,
 	PTR_TO_TCP_SOCK_OR_NULL		= PTR_MAYBE_NULL | PTR_TO_TCP_SOCK,
 	PTR_TO_BTF_ID_OR_NULL		= PTR_MAYBE_NULL | PTR_TO_BTF_ID,
-	PTR_TO_MEM_OR_NULL		= PTR_MAYBE_NULL | PTR_TO_MEM,
 
 	/* This must be the last entry. Its purpose is to ensure the enum is
 	 * wide enough to hold the higher bits reserved for bpf_type_flag.
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 39e77aa763a91..cbee90bcc66d4 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -5847,7 +5847,7 @@ int btf_prepare_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 
-			reg->type = PTR_TO_MEM_OR_NULL;
+			reg->type = PTR_TO_MEM | PTR_MAYBE_NULL;
 			reg->id = ++env->id_gen;
 
 			continue;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 989ee02471611..45094975cf05b 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -13336,7 +13336,7 @@ static int do_check_common(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog)
 				mark_reg_known_zero(env, regs, i);
 			else if (regs[i].type == SCALAR_VALUE)
 				mark_reg_unknown(env, regs, i);
-			else if (regs[i].type == PTR_TO_MEM_OR_NULL) {
+			else if (base_type(regs[i].type) == PTR_TO_MEM) {
 				const u32 mem_size = regs[i].mem_size;
 
 				mark_reg_known_zero(env, regs, i);