diff --git a/samples/bpf/tracex6_kern.c b/samples/bpf/tracex6_kern.c
index acad5712d8b4f..fd602c2774b8b 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/tracex6_kern.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/tracex6_kern.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include <linux/version.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/bpf.h>
 #include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_tracing.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_core_read.h>
 
 struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY);
@@ -45,13 +47,24 @@ int bpf_prog1(struct pt_regs *ctx)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-SEC("kprobe/htab_map_lookup_elem")
-int bpf_prog2(struct pt_regs *ctx)
+/*
+ * Since *_map_lookup_elem can't be expected to trigger bpf programs
+ * due to potential deadlocks (bpf_disable_instrumentation), this bpf
+ * program will be attached to bpf_map_copy_value (which is called
+ * from map_lookup_elem) and will only filter the hashtable type.
+ */
+SEC("kprobe/bpf_map_copy_value")
+int BPF_KPROBE(bpf_prog2, struct bpf_map *map)
 {
 	u32 key = bpf_get_smp_processor_id();
 	struct bpf_perf_event_value *val, buf;
+	enum bpf_map_type type;
 	int error;
 
+	type = BPF_CORE_READ(map, map_type);
+	if (type != BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH)
+		return 0;
+
 	error = bpf_perf_event_read_value(&counters, key, &buf, sizeof(buf));
 	if (error)
 		return 0;