diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_metadata.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_metadata.sh
index 1bf81b4..b552069 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_metadata.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_bpftool_metadata.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 # Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4.
 ksft_skip=4
 
+BPF_FILE_USED="metadata_used.bpf.o"
+BPF_FILE_UNUSED="metadata_unused.bpf.o"
+
 TESTNAME=bpftool_metadata
 BPF_FS=$(awk '$3 == "bpf" {print $2; exit}' /proc/mounts)
 BPF_DIR=$BPF_FS/test_$TESTNAME
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ mkdir $BPF_DIR
 
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-bpftool prog load metadata_unused.o $BPF_DIR/unused
+bpftool prog load $BPF_FILE_UNUSED $BPF_DIR/unused
 
 METADATA_PLAIN="$(bpftool prog)"
 echo "$METADATA_PLAIN" | grep 'a = "foo"' > /dev/null
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ bpftool map | grep 'metadata.rodata' > /dev/null
 
 rm $BPF_DIR/unused
 
-bpftool prog load metadata_used.o $BPF_DIR/used
+bpftool prog load $BPF_FILE_USED $BPF_DIR/used
 
 METADATA_PLAIN="$(bpftool prog)"
 echo "$METADATA_PLAIN" | grep 'a = "bar"' > /dev/null
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_flow_dissector.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_flow_dissector.sh
index 5303ce0..4b298863 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_flow_dissector.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_flow_dissector.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #
 # Load BPF flow dissector and verify it correctly dissects traffic
+
+BPF_FILE="bpf_flow.bpf.o"
 export TESTNAME=test_flow_dissector
 unmount=0
 
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ if [[ -z $(ip netns identify $$) ]]; then
 	if bpftool="$(which bpftool)"; then
 		echo "Testing global flow dissector..."
 
-		$bpftool prog loadall ./bpf_flow.o /sys/fs/bpf/flow \
+		$bpftool prog loadall $BPF_FILE /sys/fs/bpf/flow \
 			type flow_dissector
 
 		if ! unshare --net $bpftool prog attach pinned \
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Attach BPF program
-./flow_dissector_load -p bpf_flow.o -s _dissect
+./flow_dissector_load -p $BPF_FILE -s _dissect
 
 # Setup
 tc qdisc add dev lo ingress
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lwt_ip_encap.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lwt_ip_encap.sh
index 6c69c42..1e565f4 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lwt_ip_encap.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lwt_ip_encap.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #       ping: SRC->[encap at veth2:ingress]->GRE:decap->DST
 #       ping replies go DST->SRC directly
 
+BPF_FILE="test_lwt_ip_encap.bpf.o"
 if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
 	echo "This script must be run as root"
 	echo "FAIL"
@@ -373,14 +374,14 @@ test_egress()
 	# install replacement routes (LWT/eBPF), pings succeed
 	if [ "${ENCAP}" == "IPv4" ] ; then
 		ip -netns ${NS1} route add ${IPv4_DST} encap bpf xmit obj \
-			test_lwt_ip_encap.o sec encap_gre dev veth1 ${VRF}
+			${BPF_FILE} sec encap_gre dev veth1 ${VRF}
 		ip -netns ${NS1} -6 route add ${IPv6_DST} encap bpf xmit obj \
-			test_lwt_ip_encap.o sec encap_gre dev veth1 ${VRF}
+			${BPF_FILE} sec encap_gre dev veth1 ${VRF}
 	elif [ "${ENCAP}" == "IPv6" ] ; then
 		ip -netns ${NS1} route add ${IPv4_DST} encap bpf xmit obj \
-			test_lwt_ip_encap.o sec encap_gre6 dev veth1 ${VRF}
+			${BPF_FILE} sec encap_gre6 dev veth1 ${VRF}
 		ip -netns ${NS1} -6 route add ${IPv6_DST} encap bpf xmit obj \
-			test_lwt_ip_encap.o sec encap_gre6 dev veth1 ${VRF}
+			${BPF_FILE} sec encap_gre6 dev veth1 ${VRF}
 	else
 		echo "    unknown encap ${ENCAP}"
 		TEST_STATUS=1
@@ -431,14 +432,14 @@ test_ingress()
 	# install replacement routes (LWT/eBPF), pings succeed
 	if [ "${ENCAP}" == "IPv4" ] ; then
 		ip -netns ${NS2} route add ${IPv4_DST} encap bpf in obj \
-			test_lwt_ip_encap.o sec encap_gre dev veth2 ${VRF}
+			${BPF_FILE} sec encap_gre dev veth2 ${VRF}
 		ip -netns ${NS2} -6 route add ${IPv6_DST} encap bpf in obj \
-			test_lwt_ip_encap.o sec encap_gre dev veth2 ${VRF}
+			${BPF_FILE} sec encap_gre dev veth2 ${VRF}
 	elif [ "${ENCAP}" == "IPv6" ] ; then
 		ip -netns ${NS2} route add ${IPv4_DST} encap bpf in obj \
-			test_lwt_ip_encap.o sec encap_gre6 dev veth2 ${VRF}
+			${BPF_FILE} sec encap_gre6 dev veth2 ${VRF}
 		ip -netns ${NS2} -6 route add ${IPv6_DST} encap bpf in obj \
-			test_lwt_ip_encap.o sec encap_gre6 dev veth2 ${VRF}
+			${BPF_FILE} sec encap_gre6 dev veth2 ${VRF}
 	else
 		echo "FAIL: unknown encap ${ENCAP}"
 		TEST_STATUS=1
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lwt_seg6local.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lwt_seg6local.sh
index 826f4423..0efea22 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lwt_seg6local.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lwt_seg6local.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 # Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4.
 ksft_skip=4
+BPF_FILE="test_lwt_seg6local.bpf.o"
 readonly NS1="ns1-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 readonly NS2="ns2-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
 readonly NS3="ns3-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
@@ -117,18 +118,18 @@ ip netns exec ${NS6} ip -6 addr add fb00::109/16 dev veth10 scope link
 ip netns exec ${NS1} ip -6 addr add fb00::1/16 dev lo
 ip netns exec ${NS1} ip -6 route add fb00::6 dev veth1 via fb00::21
 
-ip netns exec ${NS2} ip -6 route add fb00::6 encap bpf in obj test_lwt_seg6local.o sec encap_srh dev veth2
+ip netns exec ${NS2} ip -6 route add fb00::6 encap bpf in obj ${BPF_FILE} sec encap_srh dev veth2
 ip netns exec ${NS2} ip -6 route add fd00::1 dev veth3 via fb00::43 scope link
 
 ip netns exec ${NS3} ip -6 route add fc42::1 dev veth5 via fb00::65
-ip netns exec ${NS3} ip -6 route add fd00::1 encap seg6local action End.BPF endpoint obj test_lwt_seg6local.o sec add_egr_x dev veth4
+ip netns exec ${NS3} ip -6 route add fd00::1 encap seg6local action End.BPF endpoint obj ${BPF_FILE} sec add_egr_x dev veth4
 
-ip netns exec ${NS4} ip -6 route add fd00::2 encap seg6local action End.BPF endpoint obj test_lwt_seg6local.o sec pop_egr dev veth6
+ip netns exec ${NS4} ip -6 route add fd00::2 encap seg6local action End.BPF endpoint obj ${BPF_FILE} sec pop_egr dev veth6
 ip netns exec ${NS4} ip -6 addr add fc42::1 dev lo
 ip netns exec ${NS4} ip -6 route add fd00::3 dev veth7 via fb00::87
 
 ip netns exec ${NS5} ip -6 route add fd00::4 table 117 dev veth9 via fb00::109
-ip netns exec ${NS5} ip -6 route add fd00::3 encap seg6local action End.BPF endpoint obj test_lwt_seg6local.o sec inspect_t dev veth8
+ip netns exec ${NS5} ip -6 route add fd00::3 encap seg6local action End.BPF endpoint obj ${BPF_FILE} sec inspect_t dev veth8
 
 ip netns exec ${NS6} ip -6 addr add fb00::6/16 dev lo
 ip netns exec ${NS6} ip -6 addr add fd00::4/16 dev lo
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_edt.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_edt.sh
index daa7d1b..76f0bd1 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_edt.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_edt.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # with dst port = 9000 down to 5MBps. Then it measures actual
 # throughput of the flow.
 
+BPF_FILE="test_tc_edt.bpf.o"
 if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
 	echo "This script must be run as root"
 	echo "FAIL"
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ ip -netns ${NS_DST} route add ${IP_SRC}/32  dev veth_dst
 ip netns exec ${NS_SRC} tc qdisc add dev veth_src root fq
 ip netns exec ${NS_SRC} tc qdisc add dev veth_src clsact
 ip netns exec ${NS_SRC} tc filter add dev veth_src egress \
-	bpf da obj test_tc_edt.o sec cls_test
+	bpf da obj ${BPF_FILE} sec cls_test
 
 
 # start the listener
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_tunnel.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_tunnel.sh
index 088fcad..334bdfe 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_tunnel.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tc_tunnel.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 # In-place tunneling
 
+BPF_FILE="test_tc_tunnel.bpf.o"
 # must match the port that the bpf program filters on
 readonly port=8000
 
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ verify_data
 # client can no longer connect
 ip netns exec "${ns1}" tc qdisc add dev veth1 clsact
 ip netns exec "${ns1}" tc filter add dev veth1 egress \
-	bpf direct-action object-file ./test_tc_tunnel.o \
+	bpf direct-action object-file ${BPF_FILE} \
 	section "encap_${tuntype}_${mac}"
 echo "test bpf encap without decap (expect failure)"
 server_listen
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ fi
 ip netns exec "${ns2}" ip link del dev testtun0
 ip netns exec "${ns2}" tc qdisc add dev veth2 clsact
 ip netns exec "${ns2}" tc filter add dev veth2 ingress \
-	bpf direct-action object-file ./test_tc_tunnel.o section decap
+	bpf direct-action object-file ${BPF_FILE} section decap
 echo "test bpf encap with bpf decap"
 client_connect
 verify_data
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
index e9ebc67..2eaedc1 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_tunnel.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 # 5) Tunnel protocol handler, ex: vxlan_rcv, decap the packet
 # 6) Forward the packet to the overlay tnl dev
 
+BPF_FILE="test_tunnel_kern.bpf.o"
 BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR="/sys/fs/bpf/tc/tunnel"
 PING_ARG="-c 3 -w 10 -q"
 ret=0
@@ -545,7 +546,7 @@ test_xfrm_tunnel()
 	> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace
 	setup_xfrm_tunnel
 	mkdir -p ${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}
-	bpftool prog loadall ./test_tunnel_kern.o ${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}
+	bpftool prog loadall ${BPF_FILE} ${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}
 	tc qdisc add dev veth1 clsact
 	tc filter add dev veth1 proto ip ingress bpf da object-pinned \
 		${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}/xfrm_get_state
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ attach_bpf()
 	SET=$2
 	GET=$3
 	mkdir -p ${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}
-	bpftool prog loadall ./test_tunnel_kern.o ${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}/
+	bpftool prog loadall ${BPF_FILE} ${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}/
 	tc qdisc add dev $DEV clsact
 	tc filter add dev $DEV egress bpf da object-pinned ${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}/$SET
 	tc filter add dev $DEV ingress bpf da object-pinned ${BPF_PIN_TUNNEL_DIR}/$GET
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_meta.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_meta.sh
index ea69370..2740322 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_meta.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_meta.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+BPF_FILE="test_xdp_meta.bpf.o"
 # Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4.
 readonly KSFT_SKIP=4
 readonly NS1="ns1-$(mktemp -u XXXXXX)"
@@ -42,11 +43,11 @@ ip netns exec ${NS2} ip addr add 10.1.1.22/24 dev veth2
 ip netns exec ${NS1} tc qdisc add dev veth1 clsact
 ip netns exec ${NS2} tc qdisc add dev veth2 clsact
 
-ip netns exec ${NS1} tc filter add dev veth1 ingress bpf da obj test_xdp_meta.o sec t
-ip netns exec ${NS2} tc filter add dev veth2 ingress bpf da obj test_xdp_meta.o sec t
+ip netns exec ${NS1} tc filter add dev veth1 ingress bpf da obj ${BPF_FILE} sec t
+ip netns exec ${NS2} tc filter add dev veth2 ingress bpf da obj ${BPF_FILE} sec t
 
-ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set dev veth1 xdp obj test_xdp_meta.o sec x
-ip netns exec ${NS2} ip link set dev veth2 xdp obj test_xdp_meta.o sec x
+ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set dev veth1 xdp obj ${BPF_FILE} sec x
+ip netns exec ${NS2} ip link set dev veth2 xdp obj ${BPF_FILE} sec x
 
 ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set dev veth1 up
 ip netns exec ${NS2} ip link set dev veth2 up
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_vlan.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_vlan.sh
index 810c407..fbcaa9f 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_vlan.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_xdp_vlan.sh
@@ -200,11 +200,11 @@ ip netns exec ${NS2} sh -c 'ping -W 1 -c 1 100.64.41.1 || echo "Success: First p
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # In ns1: ingress use XDP to remove VLAN tags
 export DEVNS1=veth1
-export FILE=test_xdp_vlan.o
+export BPF_FILE=test_xdp_vlan.bpf.o
 
 # First test: Remove VLAN by setting VLAN ID 0, using "xdp_vlan_change"
 export XDP_PROG=xdp_vlan_change
-ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set $DEVNS1 $XDP_MODE object $FILE section $XDP_PROG
+ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set $DEVNS1 $XDP_MODE object $BPF_FILE section $XDP_PROG
 
 # In ns1: egress use TC to add back VLAN tag 4011
 #  (del cmd)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set $DEVNS1 $XDP_MODE object $FILE section $XDP_PRO
 #
 ip netns exec ${NS1} tc qdisc add dev $DEVNS1 clsact
 ip netns exec ${NS1} tc filter add dev $DEVNS1 egress \
-  prio 1 handle 1 bpf da obj $FILE sec tc_vlan_push
+  prio 1 handle 1 bpf da obj $BPF_FILE sec tc_vlan_push
 
 # Now the namespaces can reach each-other, test with ping:
 ip netns exec ${NS2} ping -i 0.2 -W 2 -c 2 $IPADDR1
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ ip netns exec ${NS1} ping -i 0.2 -W 2 -c 2 $IPADDR2
 #
 export XDP_PROG=xdp_vlan_remove_outer2
 ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set $DEVNS1 $XDP_MODE off
-ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set $DEVNS1 $XDP_MODE object $FILE section $XDP_PROG
+ip netns exec ${NS1} ip link set $DEVNS1 $XDP_MODE object $BPF_FILE section $XDP_PROG
 
 # Now the namespaces should still be able reach each-other, test with ping:
 ip netns exec ${NS2} ping -i 0.2 -W 2 -c 2 $IPADDR1
