diff --git a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
index 532c97836d0d..971b33aca13d 100644
--- a/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/bpf_verifier.h
@@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ bpf_prog_offload_remove_insns(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, u32 off, u32 cnt);
 
 int check_ctx_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 		  const struct bpf_reg_state *reg, int regno);
+int check_mem_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
+		   u32 regno, u32 mem_size);
 
 /* this lives here instead of in bpf.h because it needs to dereference tgt_prog */
 static inline u64 bpf_trampoline_compute_key(const struct bpf_prog *tgt_prog,
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index bd5d2c563693..2efeb5f4b343 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -5297,9 +5297,10 @@ int btf_check_func_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
 	struct bpf_prog *prog = env->prog;
 	struct btf *btf = prog->aux->btf;
 	const struct btf_param *args;
-	const struct btf_type *t;
-	u32 i, nargs, btf_id;
+	const struct btf_type *t, *ref_t;
+	u32 i, nargs, btf_id, type_size;
 	const char *tname;
+	bool is_global;
 
 	if (!prog->aux->func_info)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -5333,6 +5334,8 @@ int btf_check_func_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
 		bpf_log(log, "Function %s has %d > 5 args\n", tname, nargs);
 		goto out;
 	}
+
+	is_global = prog->aux->func_info_aux[subprog].linkage == BTF_FUNC_GLOBAL;
 	/* check that BTF function arguments match actual types that the
 	 * verifier sees.
 	 */
@@ -5349,10 +5352,6 @@ int btf_check_func_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
 			goto out;
 		}
 		if (btf_type_is_ptr(t)) {
-			if (reg->type == SCALAR_VALUE) {
-				bpf_log(log, "R%d is not a pointer\n", i + 1);
-				goto out;
-			}
 			/* If function expects ctx type in BTF check that caller
 			 * is passing PTR_TO_CTX.
 			 */
@@ -5367,6 +5366,25 @@ int btf_check_func_arg_match(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
 					goto out;
 				continue;
 			}
+
+			if (!is_global)
+				goto out;
+
+			t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, t->type, NULL);
+
+			ref_t = btf_resolve_size(btf, t, &type_size);
+			if (IS_ERR(ref_t)) {
+				bpf_log(log,
+				    "arg#%d reference type('%s %s') size cannot be determined: %ld\n",
+				    i, btf_type_str(t), btf_name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off),
+					PTR_ERR(ref_t));
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			if (check_mem_reg(env, reg, i + 1, type_size))
+				goto out;
+
+			continue;
 		}
 		bpf_log(log, "Unrecognized arg#%d type %s\n",
 			i, btf_kind_str[BTF_INFO_KIND(t->info)]);
@@ -5397,7 +5415,7 @@ int btf_prepare_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
 	enum bpf_prog_type prog_type = prog->type;
 	struct btf *btf = prog->aux->btf;
 	const struct btf_param *args;
-	const struct btf_type *t;
+	const struct btf_type *t, *ref_t;
 	u32 i, nargs, btf_id;
 	const char *tname;
 
@@ -5470,9 +5488,26 @@ int btf_prepare_func_args(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog,
 			reg->type = SCALAR_VALUE;
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (btf_type_is_ptr(t) &&
-		    btf_get_prog_ctx_type(log, btf, t, prog_type, i)) {
-			reg->type = PTR_TO_CTX;
+		if (btf_type_is_ptr(t)) {
+			if (btf_get_prog_ctx_type(log, btf, t, prog_type, i)) {
+				reg->type = PTR_TO_CTX;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			t = btf_type_skip_modifiers(btf, t->type, NULL);
+
+			ref_t = btf_resolve_size(btf, t, &reg->mem_size);
+			if (IS_ERR(ref_t)) {
+				bpf_log(log,
+				    "arg#%d reference type('%s %s') size cannot be determined: %ld\n",
+				    i, btf_type_str(t), btf_name_by_offset(btf, t->name_off),
+					PTR_ERR(ref_t));
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
+			reg->type = PTR_TO_MEM_OR_NULL;
+			reg->id = ++env->id_gen;
+
 			continue;
 		}
 		bpf_log(log, "Arg#%d type %s in %s() is not supported yet.\n",
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index a9f75bd7f8d3..11a242932a2c 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -4272,6 +4272,29 @@ static int check_helper_mem_access(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int regno,
 	}
 }
 
+int check_mem_reg(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_reg_state *reg,
+		   u32 regno, u32 mem_size)
+{
+	if (register_is_null(reg))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (reg_type_may_be_null(reg->type)) {
+		/* Assuming that the register contains a value check if the memory
+		 * access is safe. Temporarily save and restore the register's state as
+		 * the conversion shouldn't be visible to a caller.
+		 */
+		const struct bpf_reg_state saved_reg = *reg;
+		int rv;
+
+		mark_ptr_not_null_reg(reg);
+		rv = check_helper_mem_access(env, regno, mem_size, true, NULL);
+		*reg = saved_reg;
+		return rv;
+	}
+
+	return check_helper_mem_access(env, regno, mem_size, true, NULL);
+}
+
 /* Implementation details:
  * bpf_map_lookup returns PTR_TO_MAP_VALUE_OR_NULL
  * Two bpf_map_lookups (even with the same key) will have different reg->id.
@@ -11960,6 +11983,13 @@ static int do_check_common(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int subprog)
 				mark_reg_known_zero(env, regs, i);
 			else if (regs[i].type == SCALAR_VALUE)
 				mark_reg_unknown(env, regs, i);
+			else if (regs[i].type == PTR_TO_MEM_OR_NULL) {
+				const u32 mem_size = regs[i].mem_size;
+
+				mark_reg_known_zero(env, regs, i);
+				regs[i].mem_size = mem_size;
+				regs[i].id = ++env->id_gen;
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* 1st arg to a function */