diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index c653ee0bd162..fbe09a0cccf4 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ static const struct bpf_map_ops * const bpf_map_types[] = {
 #undef BPF_MAP_TYPE
 };
 
+/*
+ * If we're handed a bigger struct than we know of, ensure all the unknown bits
+ * are 0 - i.e. new user-space does not rely on any kernel feature extensions
+ * we don't know about yet.
+ *
+ * There is a ToCToU between this function call and the following
+ * copy_from_user() call. However, this is not a concern since this function is
+ * meant to be a future-proofing of bits.
+ */
 static int check_uarg_tail_zero(void __user *uaddr,
 				size_t expected_size,
 				size_t actual_size)
@@ -57,6 +66,12 @@ static int check_uarg_tail_zero(void __user *uaddr,
 	unsigned char val;
 	int err;
 
+	if (unlikely(actual_size > PAGE_SIZE))	/* silly large */
+		return -E2BIG;
+
+	if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, uaddr, actual_size)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	if (actual_size <= expected_size)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1393,17 +1408,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(bpf, int, cmd, union bpf_attr __user *, uattr, unsigned int, siz
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) && sysctl_unprivileged_bpf_disabled)
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, uattr, 1))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (size > PAGE_SIZE)	/* silly large */
-		return -E2BIG;
-
-	/* If we're handed a bigger struct than we know of,
-	 * ensure all the unknown bits are 0 - i.e. new
-	 * user-space does not rely on any kernel feature
-	 * extensions we dont know about yet.
-	 */
 	err = check_uarg_tail_zero(uattr, sizeof(attr), size);
 	if (err)
 		return err;