diff --git a/include/linux/bpf.h b/include/linux/bpf.h
index a884f5a2c503..80f2e0fc3d02 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct bpf_map_type_list {
 
 /* function argument constraints */
 enum bpf_arg_type {
-	ARG_ANYTHING = 0,	/* any argument is ok */
+	ARG_DONTCARE = 0,	/* unused argument in helper function */
 
 	/* the following constraints used to prototype
 	 * bpf_map_lookup/update/delete_elem() functions
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ enum bpf_arg_type {
 	 */
 	ARG_PTR_TO_STACK,	/* any pointer to eBPF program stack */
 	ARG_CONST_STACK_SIZE,	/* number of bytes accessed from stack */
+
+	ARG_ANYTHING,		/* any (initialized) argument is ok */
 };
 
 /* type of values returned from helper functions */
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index bdf4192a889b..e6b522496250 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct verifier_env *env, u32 regno,
 	enum bpf_reg_type expected_type;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (arg_type == ARG_ANYTHING)
+	if (arg_type == ARG_DONTCARE)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (reg->type == NOT_INIT) {
@@ -763,6 +763,9 @@ static int check_func_arg(struct verifier_env *env, u32 regno,
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
 
+	if (arg_type == ARG_ANYTHING)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_STACK || arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_KEY ||
 	    arg_type == ARG_PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE) {
 		expected_type = PTR_TO_STACK;