diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
index de27e1620821c..0acb4c9b8d90f 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
@@ -382,6 +382,14 @@ In case of new BPF instructions, once the changes have been accepted
 into the Linux kernel, please implement support into LLVM's BPF back
 end. See LLVM_ section below for further information.
 
+Q: What "BPF_INTERNAL" symbol namespace is for?
+-----------------------------------------------
+A: Symbols exported as BPF_INTERNAL can only be used by BPF infrastructure
+like preload kernel modules with light skeleton. Most symbols outside
+of BPF_INTERNAL are not expected to be used by code outside of BPF either.
+Symbols may lack the designation because they predate the namespaces,
+or due to an oversight.
+
 Stable submission
 =================
 
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c b/kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c
index 0c63bc2cd895a..56a81df7a9d7c 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c
@@ -89,4 +89,5 @@ static void __exit fini(void)
 }
 late_initcall(load);
 module_exit(fini);
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("BPF_INTERNAL");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 696e5a2cbea2e..977c084577565 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ struct bpf_map *bpf_map_get(u32 ufd)
 
 	return map;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bpf_map_get);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(bpf_map_get, BPF_INTERNAL);
 
 struct bpf_map *bpf_map_get_with_uref(u32 ufd)
 {
@@ -3223,7 +3223,7 @@ struct bpf_link *bpf_link_get_from_fd(u32 ufd)
 	bpf_link_inc(link);
 	return link;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(bpf_link_get_from_fd);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(bpf_link_get_from_fd, BPF_INTERNAL);
 
 static void bpf_tracing_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)
 {
@@ -5853,7 +5853,7 @@ int kern_sys_bpf(int cmd, union bpf_attr *attr, unsigned int size)
 		return ____bpf_sys_bpf(cmd, attr, size);
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kern_sys_bpf);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(kern_sys_bpf, BPF_INTERNAL);
 
 static const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_sys_bpf_proto = {
 	.func		= bpf_sys_bpf,