diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 8962f988514f..756a93f534b6 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -3540,11 +3540,6 @@ static s32 btf_datasec_check_meta(struct btf_verifier_env *env,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (!btf_type_vlen(t)) {
-		btf_verifier_log_type(env, t, "vlen == 0");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (!t->size) {
 		btf_verifier_log_type(env, t, "size == 0");
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
index 8ae97e2a4b9d..055d2c0486ed 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/btf.c
@@ -3509,6 +3509,27 @@ static struct btf_raw_test raw_tests[] = {
 	.value_type_id = 3 /* arr_t */,
 	.max_entries = 4,
 },
+/*
+ * elf .rodata section size 4 and btf .rodata section vlen 0.
+ */
+{
+	.descr = "datasec: vlen == 0",
+	.raw_types = {
+		/* int */
+		BTF_TYPE_INT_ENC(0, BTF_INT_SIGNED, 0, 32, 4),	/* [1] */
+		/* .rodata section */
+		BTF_TYPE_ENC(NAME_NTH(1), BTF_INFO_ENC(BTF_KIND_DATASEC, 0, 0), 4),
+								 /* [2] */
+		BTF_END_RAW,
+	},
+	BTF_STR_SEC("\0.rodata"),
+	.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
+	.key_size = sizeof(int),
+	.value_size = sizeof(int),
+	.key_type_id = 1,
+	.value_type_id = 1,
+	.max_entries = 1,
+},
 
 }; /* struct btf_raw_test raw_tests[] */