diff --git a/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c b/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
index 44f53c06629e..03e244b11f5a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/arraymap.c
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ int array_map_alloc_check(union bpf_attr *attr)
 		 * access the elements.
 		 */
 		return -E2BIG;
+	/* percpu map value size is bound by PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE */
+	if (percpu && round_up(attr->value_size, 8) > PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE)
+		return -E2BIG;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
index 16081d8384bf..bca328703046 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ static int htab_map_alloc_check(union bpf_attr *attr)
 		 * kmalloc-able later in htab_map_update_elem()
 		 */
 		return -E2BIG;
+	/* percpu map value size is bound by PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE */
+	if (percpu && round_up(attr->value_size, 8) > PCPU_MIN_UNIT_SIZE)
+		return -E2BIG;
 
 	return 0;
 }