diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index a1cddd17af7d0..e2a3cf4378140 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -5115,6 +5115,7 @@ bpf_core_find_cands(struct bpf_object *obj, const struct btf *local_btf, __u32 l
  *     least one of enums should be anonymous;
  *   - for ENUMs, check sizes, names are ignored;
  *   - for INT, size and signedness are ignored;
+ *   - any two FLOATs are always compatible;
  *   - for ARRAY, dimensionality is ignored, element types are checked for
  *     compatibility recursively;
  *   - everything else shouldn't be ever a target of relocation.
@@ -5141,6 +5142,7 @@ static int bpf_core_fields_are_compat(const struct btf *local_btf,
 
 	switch (btf_kind(local_type)) {
 	case BTF_KIND_PTR:
+	case BTF_KIND_FLOAT:
 		return 1;
 	case BTF_KIND_FWD:
 	case BTF_KIND_ENUM: {
@@ -6245,8 +6247,8 @@ static int bpf_core_apply_relo(struct bpf_program *prog,
 	/* bpf_core_patch_insn() should know how to handle missing targ_spec */
 	err = bpf_core_patch_insn(prog, relo, relo_idx, &targ_res);
 	if (err) {
-		pr_warn("prog '%s': relo #%d: failed to patch insn at offset %d: %d\n",
-			prog->name, relo_idx, relo->insn_off, err);
+		pr_warn("prog '%s': relo #%d: failed to patch insn #%zu: %d\n",
+			prog->name, relo_idx, relo->insn_off / BPF_INSN_SZ, err);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}