diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index 4001d11be1516..fe02f8b484371 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ extern struct idr btf_idr;
 extern spinlock_t btf_idr_lock;
 extern struct kobject *btf_kobj;
 extern struct bpf_mem_alloc bpf_global_ma, bpf_global_percpu_ma;
-extern bool bpf_global_ma_set, bpf_global_percpu_ma_set;
+extern bool bpf_global_ma_set;
 
 typedef u64 (*bpf_callback_t)(u64, u64, u64, u64, u64);
 typedef int (*bpf_iter_init_seq_priv_t)(void *private_data,
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index 08626b519ce23..cd3afe57ece3c 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
 #define OFF	insn->off
 #define IMM	insn->imm
 
-struct bpf_mem_alloc bpf_global_ma, bpf_global_percpu_ma;
-bool bpf_global_ma_set, bpf_global_percpu_ma_set;
+struct bpf_mem_alloc bpf_global_ma;
+bool bpf_global_ma_set;
 
 /* No hurry in this branch
  *
@@ -2934,9 +2934,7 @@ static int __init bpf_global_ma_init(void)
 
 	ret = bpf_mem_alloc_init(&bpf_global_ma, 0, false);
 	bpf_global_ma_set = !ret;
-	ret = bpf_mem_alloc_init(&bpf_global_percpu_ma, 0, true);
-	bpf_global_percpu_ma_set = !ret;
-	return !bpf_global_ma_set || !bpf_global_percpu_ma_set;
+	return ret;
 }
 late_initcall(bpf_global_ma_init);
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 9ae6eae134716..36247fcb0853d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/poison.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/bpf_mem_alloc.h>
 #include <net/xdp.h>
 
 #include "disasm.h"
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ static const struct bpf_verifier_ops * const bpf_verifier_ops[] = {
 #undef BPF_LINK_TYPE
 };
 
+struct bpf_mem_alloc bpf_global_percpu_ma;
+static bool bpf_global_percpu_ma_set;
+
 /* bpf_check() is a static code analyzer that walks eBPF program
  * instruction by instruction and updates register/stack state.
  * All paths of conditional branches are analyzed until 'bpf_exit' insn.
@@ -12287,8 +12291,17 @@ static int check_kfunc_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 				if (meta.func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_obj_new_impl] && !bpf_global_ma_set)
 					return -ENOMEM;
 
-				if (meta.func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_percpu_obj_new_impl] && !bpf_global_percpu_ma_set)
-					return -ENOMEM;
+				if (meta.func_id == special_kfunc_list[KF_bpf_percpu_obj_new_impl]) {
+					mutex_lock(&bpf_verifier_lock);
+					if (!bpf_global_percpu_ma_set) {
+						err = bpf_mem_alloc_init(&bpf_global_percpu_ma, 0, true);
+						if (!err)
+							bpf_global_percpu_ma_set = true;
+					}
+					mutex_unlock(&bpf_verifier_lock);
+					if (err)
+						return err;
+				}
 
 				if (((u64)(u32)meta.arg_constant.value) != meta.arg_constant.value) {
 					verbose(env, "local type ID argument must be in range [0, U32_MAX]\n");