diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
index 8443a14..116b5b5 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/prog.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static int do_show(int argc, char **argv)
 			__u32 *lens;
 			__u32 i;
 			if (info->nr_jited_ksyms) {
-				kernel_syms_load(&dd);
+				kernel_syms_load(&dd, NULL, 0);
 				ksyms = u64_to_ptr(info->jited_ksyms);
 			}
 
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static int do_show(int argc, char **argv)
 				goto exit_free;
 		}
 	} else {
-		kernel_syms_load(&dd);
+		kernel_syms_load(&dd, NULL, 0);
 		dd.nr_jited_ksyms = info->nr_jited_ksyms;
 		dd.jited_ksyms = u64_to_ptr(info->jited_ksyms);
 		dd.btf = btf;
@@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@ static int do_loader(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (verifier_logs) {
 		struct dump_data dd = {};
 
-		kernel_syms_load(&dd);
+		kernel_syms_load(&dd, NULL, 0);
 		dump_xlated_plain(&dd, (void *)gen.insns, gen.insns_sz, false, false);
 		kernel_syms_destroy(&dd);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.c
index da608e1..327c3d6 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.c
@@ -23,46 +23,88 @@ static int kernel_syms_cmp(const void *sym_a, const void *sym_b)
 	       ((struct kernel_sym *)sym_b)->address;
 }
 
-void kernel_syms_load(struct dump_data *dd)
+static int cmp_u64(const void *A, const void *B)
+{
+	const __u64 *a = A, *b = B;
+
+	return *a - *b;
+}
+
+/* Set @filter_addrs to filter out the interested addresses.
+ * The addresses in @filter_addrs must be in /proc/kallsyms.
+ * The number of addresses in @filter_addrs must be @filter_cnt.
+ * Each address in @filter_addrs must be unique.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, -1 on invalid filter, 1 on no symbols.
+ */
+int kernel_syms_load(struct dump_data *dd, const __u64 *filter_addrs,
+		     __u32 filter_cnt)
 {
 	struct kernel_sym *sym;
 	char buff[256];
-	void *tmp, *address;
+	void *tmp = NULL, *address;
+	bool realloc = true;
+	__u32 i = 0;
 	FILE *fp;
 
 	fp = fopen("/proc/kallsyms", "r");
 	if (!fp)
-		return;
+		return 1;
 
+	if (filter_addrs && filter_cnt)
+		qsort((void *)filter_addrs, filter_cnt, sizeof(__u64),
+		      cmp_u64);
 	while (fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), fp)) {
-		tmp = libbpf_reallocarray(dd->sym_mapping, dd->sym_count + 1,
-					  sizeof(*dd->sym_mapping));
-		if (!tmp) {
+		if (realloc) {
+			tmp = libbpf_reallocarray(dd->sym_mapping,
+						  dd->sym_count + 1,
+						  sizeof(*dd->sym_mapping));
+			if (!tmp) {
 out:
-			free(dd->sym_mapping);
-			dd->sym_mapping = NULL;
-			fclose(fp);
-			return;
+				free(dd->sym_mapping);
+				dd->sym_mapping = NULL;
+				fclose(fp);
+				return 1;
+			}
+			dd->sym_mapping = tmp;
+			sym = &dd->sym_mapping[dd->sym_count];
 		}
-		dd->sym_mapping = tmp;
-		sym = &dd->sym_mapping[dd->sym_count];
 		if (sscanf(buff, "%p %*c %s", &address, sym->name) != 2)
 			continue;
-		sym->address = (unsigned long)address;
 		if (!strcmp(sym->name, "__bpf_call_base")) {
-			dd->address_call_base = sym->address;
+			dd->address_call_base = (unsigned long)address;
 			/* sysctl kernel.kptr_restrict was set */
-			if (!sym->address)
+			if (!address)
 				goto out;
 		}
+		if (filter_addrs && filter_cnt) {
+			if ((__u64)address != filter_addrs[i]) {
+				if (realloc)
+					realloc = false;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (i++ == filter_cnt)
+				break;
+			if (!realloc)
+				realloc = true;
+		}
+		sym->address = (unsigned long)address;
 		if (sym->address)
 			dd->sym_count++;
 	}
 
 	fclose(fp);
 
+	/* invalid filter address found */
+	if (filter_addrs && filter_cnt && i != filter_cnt) {
+		free(dd->sym_mapping);
+		dd->sym_mapping = NULL;
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	qsort(dd->sym_mapping, dd->sym_count,
 	      sizeof(*dd->sym_mapping), kernel_syms_cmp);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void kernel_syms_destroy(struct dump_data *dd)
diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.h b/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.h
index 9a94637..14ecbd7 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.h
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/xlated_dumper.h
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ struct dump_data {
 	char scratch_buff[SYM_MAX_NAME + 8];
 };
 
-void kernel_syms_load(struct dump_data *dd);
+int kernel_syms_load(struct dump_data *dd, const __u64 *filter_addrs,
+		     __u32 filter_cnt);
 void kernel_syms_destroy(struct dump_data *dd);
 struct kernel_sym *kernel_syms_search(struct dump_data *dd, unsigned long key);
 void dump_xlated_json(struct dump_data *dd, void *buf, unsigned int len,
