diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index ba2c365b108c63..4f1f9d959b5434 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_xdp_policy[IFLA_XDP_MAX + 1] = {
 	[IFLA_XDP_ATTACHED]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_XDP_FLAGS]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_XDP_PROG_ID]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[IFLA_XDP_LUA_PROG]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = 4096 },
+	[IFLA_XDP_LUA_PROG]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = 8192 },
 	[IFLA_XDP_LUA_FUNC]	= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = 256  },
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index 95799b2082100f..8e49a1b036126f 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ int bpf_set_link_xdp_lua_prog(int ifindex, char *lua_prog) {
 	struct {
 		struct nlmsghdr  nh;
 		struct ifinfomsg ifinfo;
-		char             attrbuf[4096 + 256];
+		char             attrbuf[8192];
 	} req;
 	__u32 nl_pid;
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int bpf_set_link_xdp_lua_func(int ifindex, char *lua_funcname)
 	struct {
 		struct nlmsghdr  nh;
 		struct ifinfomsg ifinfo;
-		char             attrbuf[4096 + 256];
+		char             attrbuf[256];
 	} req;
 	__u32 nl_pid;