diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index 086b93939ce9..e5e0fe3854a3 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -1809,6 +1809,10 @@ offload_dev:
 	}
 
 	if (pinmaps) {
+		err = create_and_mount_bpffs_dir(pinmaps);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_unpin;
+
 		err = bpf_object__pin_maps(obj, pinmaps);
 		if (err) {
 			p_err("failed to pin all maps");