diff --git a/internal/pwru/utils.go b/internal/pwru/utils.go
index 791b9781..c81fdf7c 100644
--- a/internal/pwru/utils.go
+++ b/internal/pwru/utils.go
@@ -189,3 +189,8 @@ func HaveBPFLinkTracing() bool {
 
 	return true
 }
+
+func HaveAvailableFilterFunctions() bool {
+	_, err := getAvailableFilterFunctions()
+	return err == nil
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 19a86ef9..c28f9841 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func main() {
 	// has been backported to the stable, kprobe-multi cannot be used when attaching
 	// to kmods.
 	if flags.Backend == "" && len(flags.KMods) == 0 {
-		useKprobeMulti = pwru.HaveBPFLinkKprobeMulti()
+		useKprobeMulti = pwru.HaveBPFLinkKprobeMulti() && pwru.HaveAvailableFilterFunctions()
 	} else if flags.Backend == pwru.BackendKprobeMulti {
 		useKprobeMulti = true
 	}