diff --git a/samples/bpf/syscall_tp_user.c b/samples/bpf/syscall_tp_user.c
index 18c94c7e8a40..7a09ac74fac0 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/syscall_tp_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/syscall_tp_user.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static void verify_map(int map_id)
 static int test(char *filename, int nr_tests)
 {
 	int map0_fds[nr_tests], map1_fds[nr_tests], fd, i, j = 0;
-	struct bpf_link *links[nr_tests * 4];
+	struct bpf_link **links = NULL;
 	struct bpf_object *objs[nr_tests];
 	struct bpf_program *prog;
 
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ static int test(char *filename, int nr_tests)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 
+		/* One-time initialization */
+		if (!links) {
+			int nr_progs = 0;
+
+			bpf_object__for_each_program(prog, objs[i])
+				nr_progs += 1;
+
+			links = calloc(nr_progs * nr_tests, sizeof(struct bpf_link *));
+
+			if (!links)
+				goto cleanup;
+		}
+
 		/* load BPF program */
 		if (bpf_object__load(objs[i])) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "loading BPF object file failed\n");
@@ -107,8 +120,12 @@ static int test(char *filename, int nr_tests)
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-	for (j--; j >= 0; j--)
-		bpf_link__destroy(links[j]);
+	if (links) {
+		for (j--; j >= 0; j--)
+			bpf_link__destroy(links[j]);
+
+		free(links);
+	}
 
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
 		bpf_object__close(objs[i]);