diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index c39c37f99d5c4..a598061f6fea5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -87,29 +87,75 @@ enum {
 	NL_DONE,
 };
 
+static int netlink_recvmsg(int sock, struct msghdr *mhdr, int flags)
+{
+	int len;
+
+	do {
+		len = recvmsg(sock, mhdr, flags);
+	} while (len < 0 && (errno == EINTR || errno == EAGAIN));
+
+	if (len < 0)
+		return -errno;
+	return len;
+}
+
+static int alloc_iov(struct iovec *iov, int len)
+{
+	void *nbuf;
+
+	nbuf = realloc(iov->iov_base, len);
+	if (!nbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	iov->iov_base = nbuf;
+	iov->iov_len = len;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int libbpf_netlink_recv(int sock, __u32 nl_pid, int seq,
 			       __dump_nlmsg_t _fn, libbpf_dump_nlmsg_t fn,
 			       void *cookie)
 {
+	struct iovec iov = {};
+	struct msghdr mhdr = {
+		.msg_iov = &iov,
+		.msg_iovlen = 1,
+	};
 	bool multipart = true;
 	struct nlmsgerr *err;
 	struct nlmsghdr *nh;
-	char buf[4096];
 	int len, ret;
 
+	ret = alloc_iov(&iov, 4096);
+	if (ret)
+		goto done;
+
 	while (multipart) {
 start:
 		multipart = false;
-		len = recv(sock, buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+		len = netlink_recvmsg(sock, &mhdr, MSG_PEEK | MSG_TRUNC);
+		if (len < 0) {
+			ret = len;
+			goto done;
+		}
+
+		if (len > iov.iov_len) {
+			ret = alloc_iov(&iov, len);
+			if (ret)
+				goto done;
+		}
+
+		len = netlink_recvmsg(sock, &mhdr, 0);
 		if (len < 0) {
-			ret = -errno;
+			ret = len;
 			goto done;
 		}
 
 		if (len == 0)
 			break;
 
-		for (nh = (struct nlmsghdr *)buf; NLMSG_OK(nh, len);
+		for (nh = (struct nlmsghdr *)iov.iov_base; NLMSG_OK(nh, len);
 		     nh = NLMSG_NEXT(nh, len)) {
 			if (nh->nlmsg_pid != nl_pid) {
 				ret = -LIBBPF_ERRNO__WRNGPID;
@@ -151,6 +197,7 @@ static int libbpf_netlink_recv(int sock, __u32 nl_pid, int seq,
 	}
 	ret = 0;
 done:
+	free(iov.iov_base);
 	return ret;
 }