diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 86deddecff25..a834068a400e 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -765,38 +765,56 @@ static bool is_pointer_value(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int regno)
 	}
 }
 
-static int check_ptr_alignment(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
-			       struct bpf_reg_state *reg, int off, int size)
+static int check_pkt_ptr_alignment(const struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
+				   int off, int size)
 {
-	if (reg->type != PTR_TO_PACKET && reg->type != PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_ADJ) {
-		if (off % size != 0) {
-			verbose("misaligned access off %d size %d\n",
-				off, size);
-			return -EACCES;
-		} else {
-			return 0;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS))
-		/* misaligned access to packet is ok on x86,arm,arm64 */
-		return 0;
-
 	if (reg->id && size != 1) {
-		verbose("Unknown packet alignment. Only byte-sized access allowed\n");
+		verbose("Unknown alignment. Only byte-sized access allowed in packet access.\n");
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
 
 	/* skb->data is NET_IP_ALIGN-ed */
-	if (reg->type == PTR_TO_PACKET &&
-	    (NET_IP_ALIGN + reg->off + off) % size != 0) {
+	if ((NET_IP_ALIGN + reg->off + off) % size != 0) {
 		verbose("misaligned packet access off %d+%d+%d size %d\n",
 			NET_IP_ALIGN, reg->off, off, size);
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int check_val_ptr_alignment(const struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
+				   int size)
+{
+	if (size != 1) {
+		verbose("Unknown alignment. Only byte-sized access allowed in value access.\n");
+		return -EACCES;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int check_ptr_alignment(const struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
+			       int off, int size)
+{
+	switch (reg->type) {
+	case PTR_TO_PACKET:
+		return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) ? 0 :
+		       check_pkt_ptr_alignment(reg, off, size);
+	case PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_ADJ:
+		return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS) ? 0 :
+		       check_val_ptr_alignment(reg, size);
+	default:
+		if (off % size != 0) {
+			verbose("misaligned access off %d size %d\n",
+				off, size);
+			return -EACCES;
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 /* check whether memory at (regno + off) is accessible for t = (read | write)
  * if t==write, value_regno is a register which value is stored into memory
  * if t==read, value_regno is a register which will receive the value from memory
@@ -818,7 +836,7 @@ static int check_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 regno, int off,
 	if (size < 0)
 		return size;
 
-	err = check_ptr_alignment(env, reg, off, size);
+	err = check_ptr_alignment(reg, off, size);
 	if (err)
 		return err;