diff --git a/internal/sys/syscall.go b/internal/sys/syscall.go
index 6dde23075..3205ede80 100644
--- a/internal/sys/syscall.go
+++ b/internal/sys/syscall.go
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ var ENOTSUPP = syscall.Errno(524)
 //
 // Any pointers contained in attr must use the Pointer type from this package.
 func BPF(cmd Cmd, attr unsafe.Pointer, size uintptr) (uintptr, error) {
+	// Prevent the Go profiler from repeatedly interrupting the verifier,
+	// which could otherwise lead to a livelock due to receiving EAGAIN.
+	if cmd == BPF_PROG_LOAD {
+		maskProfilerSignal()
+		defer unmaskProfilerSignal()
+	}
+
 	for {
 		r1, _, errNo := unix.Syscall(unix.SYS_BPF, uintptr(cmd), uintptr(attr), size)
 		runtime.KeepAlive(attr)