diff --git a/kernel/bpf/btf.c b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
index b8ed4da63bc8..57289c6249e1 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/btf.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/btf.c
@@ -6052,7 +6052,8 @@ static int btf_module_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long op,
 			pr_warn("failed to validate module [%s] BTF: %ld\n",
 				mod->name, PTR_ERR(btf));
 			kfree(btf_mod);
-			err = PTR_ERR(btf);
+			if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULE_ALLOW_BTF_MISMATCH))
+				err = PTR_ERR(btf);
 			goto out;
 		}
 		err = btf_alloc_id(btf);
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 2a9b6dcdac4f..a3df5cbf9833 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -330,6 +330,16 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
 	help
 	  Generate compact split BTF type information for kernel modules.
 
+config MODULE_ALLOW_BTF_MISMATCH
+	bool "Allow loading modules with non-matching BTF type info"
+	depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
+	help
+	  For modules whose split BTF does not match vmlinux, load without
+	  BTF rather than refusing to load. The default behavior with
+	  module BTF enabled is to reject modules with such mismatches;
+	  this option will still load module BTF where possible but ignore
+	  it when a mismatch is found.
+
 config GDB_SCRIPTS
 	bool "Provide GDB scripts for kernel debugging"
 	help