diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index 546ebee39e2af..5fcc7a17eb5a4 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -1073,11 +1073,18 @@ const struct btf_type *btf_type_id_size(const struct btf *btf,
 				 !btf_type_is_var(size_type)))
 			return NULL;
 
-		size = btf->resolved_sizes[size_type_id];
 		size_type_id = btf->resolved_ids[size_type_id];
 		size_type = btf_type_by_id(btf, size_type_id);
 		if (btf_type_nosize_or_null(size_type))
 			return NULL;
+		else if (btf_type_has_size(size_type))
+			size = size_type->size;
+		else if (btf_type_is_array(size_type))
+			size = btf->resolved_sizes[size_type_id];
+		else if (btf_type_is_ptr(size_type))
+			size = sizeof(void *);
+		else
+			return NULL;
 	}
 
 	*type_id = size_type_id;
@@ -1602,7 +1609,6 @@ static int btf_modifier_resolve(struct btf_verifier_env *env,
 	const struct btf_type *next_type;
 	u32 next_type_id = t->type;
 	struct btf *btf = env->btf;
-	u32 next_type_size = 0;
 
 	next_type = btf_type_by_id(btf, next_type_id);
 	if (!next_type || btf_type_is_resolve_source_only(next_type)) {
@@ -1620,7 +1626,7 @@ static int btf_modifier_resolve(struct btf_verifier_env *env,
 	 * save us a few type-following when we use it later (e.g. in
 	 * pretty print).
 	 */
-	if (!btf_type_id_size(btf, &next_type_id, &next_type_size)) {
+	if (!btf_type_id_size(btf, &next_type_id, NULL)) {
 		if (env_type_is_resolved(env, next_type_id))
 			next_type = btf_type_id_resolve(btf, &next_type_id);
 
@@ -1633,7 +1639,7 @@ static int btf_modifier_resolve(struct btf_verifier_env *env,
 		}
 	}
 
-	env_stack_pop_resolved(env, next_type_id, next_type_size);
+	env_stack_pop_resolved(env, next_type_id, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1645,7 +1651,6 @@ static int btf_var_resolve(struct btf_verifier_env *env,
 	const struct btf_type *t = v->t;
 	u32 next_type_id = t->type;
 	struct btf *btf = env->btf;
-	u32 next_type_size;
 
 	next_type = btf_type_by_id(btf, next_type_id);
 	if (!next_type || btf_type_is_resolve_source_only(next_type)) {
@@ -1675,12 +1680,12 @@ static int btf_var_resolve(struct btf_verifier_env *env,
 	 * forward types or similar that would resolve to size of
 	 * zero is allowed.
 	 */
-	if (!btf_type_id_size(btf, &next_type_id, &next_type_size)) {
+	if (!btf_type_id_size(btf, &next_type_id, NULL)) {
 		btf_verifier_log_type(env, v->t, "Invalid type_id");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	env_stack_pop_resolved(env, next_type_id, next_type_size);
+	env_stack_pop_resolved(env, next_type_id, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_get_stack_rawtp.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_get_stack_rawtp.c
index d06b47a090972..33254b771384e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_get_stack_rawtp.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_get_stack_rawtp.c
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ struct {
  * issue and avoid complicated C programming massaging.
  * This is an acceptable workaround since there is one entry here.
  */
+typedef __u64 raw_stack_trace_t[2 * MAX_STACK_RAWTP];
 struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY);
 	__uint(max_entries, 1);
 	__type(key, __u32);
-	__u64 (*value)[2 * MAX_STACK_RAWTP];
+	__type(value, raw_stack_trace_t);
 } rawdata_map SEC(".maps");
 
 SEC("tracepoint/raw_syscalls/sys_enter")
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_stacktrace_build_id.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_stacktrace_build_id.c
index bbfc8337b6f0e..f5638e26865d0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_stacktrace_build_id.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_stacktrace_build_id.c
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
 	__uint(max_entries, 128);
 	__type(key, __u32);
-	/* there seems to be a bug in kernel not handling typedef properly */
-	struct bpf_stack_build_id (*value)[PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH];
+	__type(value, stack_trace_t);
 } stack_amap SEC(".maps");
 
 /* taken from /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/random/urandom_read/format */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_stacktrace_map.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_stacktrace_map.c
index 803c15dc109d2..fa0be3e10a100 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_stacktrace_map.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_stacktrace_map.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
 	__uint(max_entries, 16384);
 	__type(key, __u32);
-	__u64 (*value)[PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH];
+	__type(value, stack_trace_t);
 } stack_amap SEC(".maps");
 
 /* taken from /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/format */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.c
index 8351cb5f4a205..3d617e8060548 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_btf.c
@@ -3417,6 +3417,94 @@ static struct btf_raw_test raw_tests[] = {
 	.value_type_id = 1,
 	.max_entries = 4,
 },
+/*
+ * typedef int arr_t[16];
+ * struct s {
+ *	arr_t *a;
+ * };
+ */
+{
+	.descr = "struct->ptr->typedef->array->int size resolution",
+	.raw_types = {
+		BTF_STRUCT_ENC(NAME_TBD, 1, 8),			/* [1] */
+		BTF_MEMBER_ENC(NAME_TBD, 2, 0),
+		BTF_PTR_ENC(3),					/* [2] */
+		BTF_TYPEDEF_ENC(NAME_TBD, 4),			/* [3] */
+		BTF_TYPE_ARRAY_ENC(5, 5, 16),			/* [4] */
+		BTF_TYPE_INT_ENC(0, BTF_INT_SIGNED, 0, 32, 4),	/* [5] */
+		BTF_END_RAW,
+	},
+	BTF_STR_SEC("\0s\0a\0arr_t"),
+	.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
+	.map_name = "ptr_mod_chain_size_resolve_map",
+	.key_size = sizeof(int),
+	.value_size = sizeof(int) * 16,
+	.key_type_id = 5 /* int */,
+	.value_type_id = 3 /* arr_t */,
+	.max_entries = 4,
+},
+/*
+ * typedef int arr_t[16][8][4];
+ * struct s {
+ *	arr_t *a;
+ * };
+ */
+{
+	.descr = "struct->ptr->typedef->multi-array->int size resolution",
+	.raw_types = {
+		BTF_STRUCT_ENC(NAME_TBD, 1, 8),			/* [1] */
+		BTF_MEMBER_ENC(NAME_TBD, 2, 0),
+		BTF_PTR_ENC(3),					/* [2] */
+		BTF_TYPEDEF_ENC(NAME_TBD, 4),			/* [3] */
+		BTF_TYPE_ARRAY_ENC(5, 7, 16),			/* [4] */
+		BTF_TYPE_ARRAY_ENC(6, 7, 8),			/* [5] */
+		BTF_TYPE_ARRAY_ENC(7, 7, 4),			/* [6] */
+		BTF_TYPE_INT_ENC(0, BTF_INT_SIGNED, 0, 32, 4),	/* [7] */
+		BTF_END_RAW,
+	},
+	BTF_STR_SEC("\0s\0a\0arr_t"),
+	.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
+	.map_name = "multi_arr_size_resolve_map",
+	.key_size = sizeof(int),
+	.value_size = sizeof(int) * 16 * 8 * 4,
+	.key_type_id = 7 /* int */,
+	.value_type_id = 3 /* arr_t */,
+	.max_entries = 4,
+},
+/*
+ * typedef int int_t;
+ * typedef int_t arr3_t[4];
+ * typedef arr3_t arr2_t[8];
+ * typedef arr2_t arr1_t[16];
+ * struct s {
+ *	arr1_t *a;
+ * };
+ */
+{
+	.descr = "typedef/multi-arr mix size resolution",
+	.raw_types = {
+		BTF_STRUCT_ENC(NAME_TBD, 1, 8),			/* [1] */
+		BTF_MEMBER_ENC(NAME_TBD, 2, 0),
+		BTF_PTR_ENC(3),					/* [2] */
+		BTF_TYPEDEF_ENC(NAME_TBD, 4),			/* [3] */
+		BTF_TYPE_ARRAY_ENC(5, 10, 16),			/* [4] */
+		BTF_TYPEDEF_ENC(NAME_TBD, 6),			/* [5] */
+		BTF_TYPE_ARRAY_ENC(7, 10, 8),			/* [6] */
+		BTF_TYPEDEF_ENC(NAME_TBD, 8),			/* [7] */
+		BTF_TYPE_ARRAY_ENC(9, 10, 4),			/* [8] */
+		BTF_TYPEDEF_ENC(NAME_TBD, 10),			/* [9] */
+		BTF_TYPE_INT_ENC(0, BTF_INT_SIGNED, 0, 32, 4),	/* [10] */
+		BTF_END_RAW,
+	},
+	BTF_STR_SEC("\0s\0a\0arr1_t\0arr2_t\0arr3_t\0int_t"),
+	.map_type = BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY,
+	.map_name = "typedef_arra_mix_size_resolve_map",
+	.key_size = sizeof(int),
+	.value_size = sizeof(int) * 16 * 8 * 4,
+	.key_type_id = 10 /* int */,
+	.value_type_id = 3 /* arr_t */,
+	.max_entries = 4,
+},
 
 }; /* struct btf_raw_test raw_tests[] */