diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
index 497807bec675..ede162f83eea 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ static void btf_int128_print(json_writer_t *jw, const void *data,
 	}
 }
 
-static void btf_int128_shift(__u64 *print_num, u16 left_shift_bits,
-			     u16 right_shift_bits)
+static void btf_int128_shift(__u64 *print_num, __u16 left_shift_bits,
+			     __u16 right_shift_bits)
 {
 	__u64 upper_num, lower_num;
 
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/cfg.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/cfg.c
index 3e21f994f262..1951219a9af7 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/cfg.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/cfg.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static bool cfg_partition_funcs(struct cfg *cfg, struct bpf_insn *cur,
 	return false;
 }
 
-static bool is_jmp_insn(u8 code)
+static bool is_jmp_insn(__u8 code)
 {
 	return BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_JMP || BPF_CLASS(code) == BPF_JMP32;
 }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static bool func_partition_bb_head(struct func_node *func)
 
 	for (; cur <= end; cur++) {
 		if (is_jmp_insn(cur->code)) {
-			u8 opcode = BPF_OP(cur->code);
+			__u8 opcode = BPF_OP(cur->code);
 
 			if (opcode == BPF_EXIT || opcode == BPF_CALL)
 				continue;
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
index a41cefabccaf..f89ac70ef973 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/main.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 
 #include "json_writer.h"
 
+/* Make sure we do not use kernel-only integer typedefs */
+#pragma GCC poison u8 u16 u32 u64 s8 s16 s32 s64
+
 #define ptr_to_u64(ptr)	((__u64)(unsigned long)(ptr))
 
 #define NEXT_ARG()	({ argc--; argv++; if (argc < 0) usage(); })
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
index d9b29c17fbb8..825f29f93a57 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/map_perf_ring.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct event_ring_info {
 
 struct perf_event_sample {
 	struct perf_event_header header;
-	u64 time;
+	__u64 time;
 	__u32 size;
 	unsigned char data[];
 };
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index f6a5974a7b0a..b6e5ba568f98 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ int prog_parse_fd(int *argc, char ***argv)
 	return fd;
 }
 
-static void show_prog_maps(int fd, u32 num_maps)
+static void show_prog_maps(int fd, __u32 num_maps)
 {
 	struct bpf_prog_info info = {};
 	__u32 len = sizeof(info);