diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index c869a3721532..e05dd785b347 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -4361,7 +4361,6 @@ static int probe_kern_prog_name(void)
 
 static int probe_kern_global_data(void)
 {
-	struct bpf_create_map_attr map_attr;
 	char *cp, errmsg[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 	struct bpf_insn insns[] = {
 		BPF_LD_MAP_VALUE(BPF_REG_1, 0, 16),
@@ -4371,13 +4370,7 @@ static int probe_kern_global_data(void)
 	};
 	int ret, map, insn_cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(insns);
 
-	memset(&map_attr, 0, sizeof(map_attr));
-	map_attr.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY;
-	map_attr.key_size = sizeof(int);
-	map_attr.value_size = 32;
-	map_attr.max_entries = 1;
-
-	map = bpf_create_map_xattr(&map_attr);
+	map = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, NULL, sizeof(int), 32, 1, NULL);
 	if (map < 0) {
 		ret = -errno;
 		cp = libbpf_strerror_r(ret, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
@@ -4507,15 +4500,11 @@ static int probe_kern_btf_type_tag(void)
 
 static int probe_kern_array_mmap(void)
 {
-	struct bpf_create_map_attr attr = {
-		.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
-		.map_flags = BPF_F_MMAPABLE,
-		.key_size = sizeof(int),
-		.value_size = sizeof(int),
-		.max_entries = 1,
-	};
+	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, opts, .map_flags = BPF_F_MMAPABLE);
+	int fd;
 
-	return probe_fd(bpf_create_map_xattr(&attr));
+	fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, NULL, sizeof(int), sizeof(int), 1, &opts);
+	return probe_fd(fd);
 }
 
 static int probe_kern_exp_attach_type(void)
@@ -4554,7 +4543,6 @@ static int probe_kern_probe_read_kernel(void)
 
 static int probe_prog_bind_map(void)
 {
-	struct bpf_create_map_attr map_attr;
 	char *cp, errmsg[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 	struct bpf_insn insns[] = {
 		BPF_MOV64_IMM(BPF_REG_0, 0),
@@ -4562,13 +4550,7 @@ static int probe_prog_bind_map(void)
 	};
 	int ret, map, prog, insn_cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(insns);
 
-	memset(&map_attr, 0, sizeof(map_attr));
-	map_attr.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY;
-	map_attr.key_size = sizeof(int);
-	map_attr.value_size = 32;
-	map_attr.max_entries = 1;
-
-	map = bpf_create_map_xattr(&map_attr);
+	map = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, NULL, sizeof(int), 32, 1, NULL);
 	if (map < 0) {
 		ret = -errno;
 		cp = libbpf_strerror_r(ret, errmsg, sizeof(errmsg));
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
index 02c401e314c7..41f2be47c2ea 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf_probes.c
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@ bool bpf_probe_map_type(enum bpf_map_type map_type, __u32 ifindex)
 {
 	int key_size, value_size, max_entries, map_flags;
 	__u32 btf_key_type_id = 0, btf_value_type_id = 0;
-	struct bpf_create_map_attr attr = {};
 	int fd = -1, btf_fd = -1, fd_inner;
 
 	key_size	= sizeof(__u32);
@@ -271,34 +270,35 @@ bool bpf_probe_map_type(enum bpf_map_type map_type, __u32 ifindex)
 
 	if (map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY_OF_MAPS ||
 	    map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH_OF_MAPS) {
+		LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, opts);
+
 		/* TODO: probe for device, once libbpf has a function to create
 		 * map-in-map for offload
 		 */
 		if (ifindex)
 			return false;
 
-		fd_inner = bpf_create_map(BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH,
-					  sizeof(__u32), sizeof(__u32), 1, 0);
+		fd_inner = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_HASH, NULL,
+					  sizeof(__u32), sizeof(__u32), 1, NULL);
 		if (fd_inner < 0)
 			return false;
-		fd = bpf_create_map_in_map(map_type, NULL, sizeof(__u32),
-					   fd_inner, 1, 0);
+
+		opts.inner_map_fd = fd_inner;
+		fd = bpf_map_create(map_type, NULL, sizeof(__u32), sizeof(__u32), 1, &opts);
 		close(fd_inner);
 	} else {
+		LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_map_create_opts, opts);
+
 		/* Note: No other restriction on map type probes for offload */
-		attr.map_type = map_type;
-		attr.key_size = key_size;
-		attr.value_size = value_size;
-		attr.max_entries = max_entries;
-		attr.map_flags = map_flags;
-		attr.map_ifindex = ifindex;
+		opts.map_flags = map_flags;
+		opts.map_ifindex = ifindex;
 		if (btf_fd >= 0) {
-			attr.btf_fd = btf_fd;
-			attr.btf_key_type_id = btf_key_type_id;
-			attr.btf_value_type_id = btf_value_type_id;
+			opts.btf_fd = btf_fd;
+			opts.btf_key_type_id = btf_key_type_id;
+			opts.btf_value_type_id = btf_value_type_id;
 		}
 
-		fd = bpf_create_map_xattr(&attr);
+		fd = bpf_map_create(map_type, NULL, key_size, value_size, max_entries, &opts);
 	}
 	if (fd >= 0)
 		close(fd);
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/skel_internal.h b/tools/lib/bpf/skel_internal.h
index 9cf66702fa8d..b206532704ce 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/skel_internal.h
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/skel_internal.h
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ static inline int bpf_load_and_run(struct bpf_load_and_run_opts *opts)
 	int map_fd = -1, prog_fd = -1, key = 0, err;
 	union bpf_attr attr;
 
-	map_fd = bpf_create_map_name(BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, "__loader.map", 4,
-				     opts->data_sz, 1, 0);
+	map_fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY, "__loader.map", 4, opts->data_sz, 1, NULL);
 	if (map_fd < 0) {
 		opts->errstr = "failed to create loader map";
 		err = -errno;
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
index fdb22f5405c9..f1c29074d527 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/xsk.c
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ int xsk_umem__create_v0_0_2(struct xsk_umem **umem_ptr, void *umem_area,
 static enum xsk_prog get_xsk_prog(void)
 {
 	enum xsk_prog detected = XSK_PROG_FALLBACK;
-	struct bpf_create_map_attr map_attr;
 	__u32 size_out, retval, duration;
 	char data_in = 0, data_out;
 	struct bpf_insn insns[] = {
@@ -376,13 +375,7 @@ static enum xsk_prog get_xsk_prog(void)
 	};
 	int prog_fd, map_fd, ret, insn_cnt = ARRAY_SIZE(insns);
 
-	memset(&map_attr, 0, sizeof(map_attr));
-	map_attr.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP;
-	map_attr.key_size = sizeof(int);
-	map_attr.value_size = sizeof(int);
-	map_attr.max_entries = 1;
-
-	map_fd = bpf_create_map_xattr(&map_attr);
+	map_fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP, NULL, sizeof(int), sizeof(int), 1, NULL);
 	if (map_fd < 0)
 		return detected;
 
@@ -586,8 +579,8 @@ static int xsk_create_bpf_maps(struct xsk_socket *xsk)
 	if (max_queues < 0)
 		return max_queues;
 
-	fd = bpf_create_map_name(BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP, "xsks_map",
-				 sizeof(int), sizeof(int), max_queues, 0);
+	fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_XSKMAP, "xsks_map",
+			    sizeof(int), sizeof(int), max_queues, NULL);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return fd;