diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 6372c144a294..5aa540ee611f 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -5594,7 +5594,7 @@ static struct btf *btf_parse(bpfptr_t btf_data, u32 btf_data_size,
 	}
 
 	bpf_vlog_finalize(log);
-	if (log->level && bpf_vlog_truncated(log)) {
+	if (bpf_vlog_truncated(log)) {
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto errout_meta;
 	}
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/log.c b/kernel/bpf/log.c
index d99a50f07187..c778f3b290cb 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/log.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/log.c
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ static int bpf_vlog_reverse_ubuf(struct bpf_verifier_log *log, int start, int en
 
 bool bpf_vlog_truncated(const struct bpf_verifier_log *log)
 {
-	if (log->level & BPF_LOG_FIXED)
+	if (!log->level)
+		return false;
+	else if (log->level & BPF_LOG_FIXED)
 		return bpf_log_used(log) >= log->len_total - 1;
 	else
 		return log->start_pos > 0;
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 0323149803f5..a98cbc046d1e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -18861,12 +18861,10 @@ skip_full_check:
 	env->prog->aux->verified_insns = env->insn_processed;
 
 	bpf_vlog_finalize(log);
-	if (log->level && bpf_vlog_truncated(log))
+	if (bpf_vlog_truncated(log))
 		ret = -ENOSPC;
-	if (log->level && log->level != BPF_LOG_KERNEL && !log->ubuf) {
+	if (log->level && log->level != BPF_LOG_KERNEL && !log->ubuf)
 		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto err_release_maps;
-	}
 
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_release_maps;