diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 64fa188d00ad9..7d38b2343ad40 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -9493,6 +9493,13 @@ static int check_func_call(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_insn *insn,
 	if (subprog_is_global(env, subprog)) {
 		const char *sub_name = subprog_name(env, subprog);
 
+		/* Only global subprogs cannot be called with a lock held. */
+		if (env->cur_state->active_lock.ptr) {
+			verbose(env, "global function calls are not allowed while holding a lock,\n"
+				     "use static function instead\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		if (err) {
 			verbose(env, "Caller passes invalid args into func#%d ('%s')\n",
 				subprog, sub_name);
@@ -17644,7 +17651,6 @@ static int do_check(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 
 				if (env->cur_state->active_lock.ptr) {
 					if ((insn->src_reg == BPF_REG_0 && insn->imm != BPF_FUNC_spin_unlock) ||
-					    (insn->src_reg == BPF_PSEUDO_CALL) ||
 					    (insn->src_reg == BPF_PSEUDO_KFUNC_CALL &&
 					     (insn->off != 0 || !is_bpf_graph_api_kfunc(insn->imm)))) {
 						verbose(env, "function calls are not allowed while holding a lock\n");
@@ -17692,8 +17698,7 @@ static int do_check(struct bpf_verifier_env *env)
 					return -EINVAL;
 				}
 process_bpf_exit_full:
-				if (env->cur_state->active_lock.ptr &&
-				    !in_rbtree_lock_required_cb(env)) {
+				if (env->cur_state->active_lock.ptr && !env->cur_state->curframe) {
 					verbose(env, "bpf_spin_unlock is missing\n");
 					return -EINVAL;
 				}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/spin_lock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/spin_lock.c
index 18d451be57c87..2b0068742ef9f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/spin_lock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/spin_lock.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static struct {
 	{ "lock_id_mismatch_innermapval_kptr", "bpf_spin_unlock of different lock" },
 	{ "lock_id_mismatch_innermapval_global", "bpf_spin_unlock of different lock" },
 	{ "lock_id_mismatch_innermapval_mapval", "bpf_spin_unlock of different lock" },
+	{ "lock_global_subprog_call1", "global function calls are not allowed while holding a lock" },
+	{ "lock_global_subprog_call2", "global function calls are not allowed while holding a lock" },
 };
 
 static int match_regex(const char *pattern, const char *string)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock.c
index b2440a0ff422a..d8d77bdffd3d2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock.c
@@ -101,4 +101,69 @@ int bpf_spin_lock_test(struct __sk_buff *skb)
 err:
 	return err;
 }
+
+struct bpf_spin_lock lockA __hidden SEC(".data.A");
+
+__noinline
+static int static_subprog(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	volatile int ret = 0;
+
+	if (ctx->protocol)
+		return ret;
+	return ret + ctx->len;
+}
+
+__noinline
+static int static_subprog_lock(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	volatile int ret = 0;
+
+	ret = static_subprog(ctx);
+	bpf_spin_lock(&lockA);
+	return ret + ctx->len;
+}
+
+__noinline
+static int static_subprog_unlock(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	volatile int ret = 0;
+
+	ret = static_subprog(ctx);
+	bpf_spin_unlock(&lockA);
+	return ret + ctx->len;
+}
+
+SEC("tc")
+int lock_static_subprog_call(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	bpf_spin_lock(&lockA);
+	if (ctx->mark == 42)
+		ret = static_subprog(ctx);
+	bpf_spin_unlock(&lockA);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+SEC("tc")
+int lock_static_subprog_lock(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	ret = static_subprog_lock(ctx);
+	bpf_spin_unlock(&lockA);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+SEC("tc")
+int lock_static_subprog_unlock(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	bpf_spin_lock(&lockA);
+	ret = static_subprog_unlock(ctx);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock_fail.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock_fail.c
index 86cd183ef6dc8..43f40c4fe241a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock_fail.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_spin_lock_fail.c
@@ -201,4 +201,48 @@ CHECK(innermapval_mapval, &iv->lock, &v->lock);
 
 #undef CHECK
 
+__noinline
+int global_subprog(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	volatile int ret = 0;
+
+	if (ctx->protocol)
+		ret += ctx->protocol;
+	return ret + ctx->mark;
+}
+
+__noinline
+static int static_subprog_call_global(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	volatile int ret = 0;
+
+	if (ctx->protocol)
+		return ret;
+	return ret + ctx->len + global_subprog(ctx);
+}
+
+SEC("?tc")
+int lock_global_subprog_call1(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	bpf_spin_lock(&lockA);
+	if (ctx->mark == 42)
+		ret = global_subprog(ctx);
+	bpf_spin_unlock(&lockA);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+SEC("?tc")
+int lock_global_subprog_call2(struct __sk_buff *ctx)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	bpf_spin_lock(&lockA);
+	if (ctx->mark == 42)
+		ret = static_subprog_call_global(ctx);
+	bpf_spin_unlock(&lockA);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_spin_lock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_spin_lock.c
index 9c1aa69650f8e..fb316c080c849 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_spin_lock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_spin_lock.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ l1_%=:	r7 = r0;					\
 
 SEC("cgroup/skb")
 __description("spin_lock: test10 lock in subprog without unlock")
-__failure __msg("unlock is missing")
+__success
 __failure_unpriv __msg_unpriv("")
 __naked void lock_in_subprog_without_unlock(void)
 {