diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index a4e250a369c61..e1698461c6b3e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -3940,7 +3940,7 @@ __bpf_object__open(const char *path, const void *obj_buf, size_t obj_buf_sz,
 	if (!OPTS_VALID(opts, bpf_object_open_opts))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	obj_name = OPTS_GET(opts, object_name, path);
+	obj_name = OPTS_GET(opts, object_name, NULL);
 	if (obj_buf) {
 		if (!obj_name) {
 			snprintf(tmp_name, sizeof(tmp_name), "%lx-%lx",