diff --git a/samples/bpf/.gitignore b/samples/bpf/.gitignore
index b2f29bc8dc43..0b9548ea8477 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/.gitignore
+++ b/samples/bpf/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ xdp_tx_iptunnel
 xdpsock
 xsk_fwd
 testfile.img
+hbm_out.log
+iperf.*
+*.out
diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index 3e83cd5ca1c2..01449d767122 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ xdp_fwd-objs := xdp_fwd_user.o
 task_fd_query-objs := bpf_load.o task_fd_query_user.o $(TRACE_HELPERS)
 xdp_sample_pkts-objs := xdp_sample_pkts_user.o $(TRACE_HELPERS)
 ibumad-objs := bpf_load.o ibumad_user.o $(TRACE_HELPERS)
-hbm-objs := bpf_load.o hbm.o $(CGROUP_HELPERS) $(TRACE_HELPERS)
+hbm-objs := hbm.o $(CGROUP_HELPERS) $(TRACE_HELPERS)
 
 # Tell kbuild to always build the programs
 always-y := $(tprogs-y)
diff --git a/samples/bpf/hbm.c b/samples/bpf/hbm.c
index b9f9f771dd81..008bc635ad9b 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/hbm.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/hbm.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <bpf/bpf.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
-#include "bpf_load.h"
 #include "bpf_rlimit.h"
 #include "trace_helpers.h"
 #include "cgroup_helpers.h"
@@ -68,9 +67,10 @@ bool edt_flag;
 static void Usage(void);
 static void do_error(char *msg, bool errno_flag);
 
+struct bpf_program *bpf_prog;
 struct bpf_object *obj;
-int bpfprog_fd;
 int cgroup_storage_fd;
+int queue_stats_fd;
 
 static void do_error(char *msg, bool errno_flag)
 {
@@ -83,56 +83,54 @@ static void do_error(char *msg, bool errno_flag)
 
 static int prog_load(char *prog)
 {
-	struct bpf_prog_load_attr prog_load_attr = {
-		.prog_type = BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SKB,
-		.file = prog,
-		.expected_attach_type = BPF_CGROUP_INET_EGRESS,
-	};
-	int map_fd;
-	struct bpf_map *map;
+	int rc = 1;
 
-	int ret = 0;
+	obj = bpf_object__open_file(prog, NULL);
+	if (libbpf_get_error(obj)) {
+		printf("ERROR: opening BPF object file failed\n");
+		return rc;
+	}
 
-	if (access(prog, O_RDONLY) < 0) {
-		printf("Error accessing file %s: %s\n", prog, strerror(errno));
-		return 1;
+	/* load BPF program */
+	if (bpf_object__load(obj)) {
+		printf("ERROR: loading BPF object file failed\n");
+		goto cleanup;
 	}
-	if (bpf_prog_load_xattr(&prog_load_attr, &obj, &bpfprog_fd))
-		ret = 1;
-	if (!ret) {
-		map = bpf_object__find_map_by_name(obj, "queue_stats");
-		map_fd = bpf_map__fd(map);
-		if (map_fd < 0) {
-			printf("Map not found: %s\n", strerror(map_fd));
-			ret = 1;
-		}
+
+	bpf_prog = bpf_object__find_program_by_title(obj, "cgroup_skb/egress");
+	if (!bpf_prog) {
+		printf("ERROR: finding a prog in obj file failed\n");
+		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	if (ret) {
-		printf("ERROR: bpf_prog_load_xattr failed for: %s\n", prog);
-		printf("  Output from verifier:\n%s\n------\n", bpf_log_buf);
-		ret = -1;
-	} else {
-		ret = map_fd;
+	queue_stats_fd = bpf_object__find_map_fd_by_name(obj, "queue_stats");
+	if (queue_stats_fd < 0) {
+		printf("ERROR: finding a map in obj file failed\n");
+		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	rc = 0;
+
+cleanup:
+	if (rc != 0)
+		bpf_object__close(obj);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static int run_bpf_prog(char *prog, int cg_id)
 {
-	int map_fd;
-	int rc = 0;
+	struct hbm_queue_stats qstats = {0};
+	struct bpf_link *link = NULL;
+	char cg_dir[100];
 	int key = 0;
 	int cg1 = 0;
-	int type = BPF_CGROUP_INET_EGRESS;
-	char cg_dir[100];
-	struct hbm_queue_stats qstats = {0};
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	sprintf(cg_dir, "/hbm%d", cg_id);
-	map_fd = prog_load(prog);
-	if (map_fd  == -1)
-		return 1;
+	rc = prog_load(prog);
+	if (rc != 0)
+		return rc;
 
 	if (setup_cgroup_environment()) {
 		printf("ERROR: setting cgroup environment\n");
@@ -152,16 +150,18 @@ static int run_bpf_prog(char *prog, int cg_id)
 	qstats.stats = stats_flag ? 1 : 0;
 	qstats.loopback = loopback_flag ? 1 : 0;
 	qstats.no_cn = no_cn_flag ? 1 : 0;
-	if (bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd, &key, &qstats, BPF_ANY)) {
+	if (bpf_map_update_elem(queue_stats_fd, &key, &qstats, BPF_ANY)) {
 		printf("ERROR: Could not update map element\n");
 		goto err;
 	}
 
 	if (!outFlag)
-		type = BPF_CGROUP_INET_INGRESS;
-	if (bpf_prog_attach(bpfprog_fd, cg1, type, 0)) {
-		printf("ERROR: bpf_prog_attach fails!\n");
-		log_err("Attaching prog");
+		bpf_program__set_expected_attach_type(bpf_prog, BPF_CGROUP_INET_INGRESS);
+
+	link = bpf_program__attach_cgroup(bpf_prog, cg1);
+	if (libbpf_get_error(link)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: bpf_program__attach_cgroup failed\n");
+		link = NULL;
 		goto err;
 	}
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int run_bpf_prog(char *prog, int cg_id)
 #define DELTA_RATE_CHECK 10000		/* in us */
 #define RATE_THRESHOLD 9500000000	/* 9.5 Gbps */
 
-		bpf_map_lookup_elem(map_fd, &key, &qstats);
+		bpf_map_lookup_elem(queue_stats_fd, &key, &qstats);
 		if (gettimeofday(&t0, NULL) < 0)
 			do_error("gettimeofday failed", true);
 		t_last = t0;
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static int run_bpf_prog(char *prog, int cg_id)
 			fclose(fin);
 			printf("  new_eth_tx_bytes:%llu\n",
 			       new_eth_tx_bytes);
-			bpf_map_lookup_elem(map_fd, &key, &qstats);
+			bpf_map_lookup_elem(queue_stats_fd, &key, &qstats);
 			new_cg_tx_bytes = qstats.bytes_total;
 			delta_bytes = new_eth_tx_bytes - last_eth_tx_bytes;
 			last_eth_tx_bytes = new_eth_tx_bytes;
@@ -251,14 +251,14 @@ static int run_bpf_prog(char *prog, int cg_id)
 					rate = minRate;
 				qstats.rate = rate;
 			}
-			if (bpf_map_update_elem(map_fd, &key, &qstats, BPF_ANY))
+			if (bpf_map_update_elem(queue_stats_fd, &key, &qstats, BPF_ANY))
 				do_error("update map element fails", false);
 		}
 	} else {
 		sleep(dur);
 	}
 	// Get stats!
-	if (stats_flag && bpf_map_lookup_elem(map_fd, &key, &qstats)) {
+	if (stats_flag && bpf_map_lookup_elem(queue_stats_fd, &key, &qstats)) {
 		char fname[100];
 		FILE *fout;
 
@@ -367,10 +367,12 @@ static int run_bpf_prog(char *prog, int cg_id)
 err:
 	rc = 1;
 
+	bpf_link__destroy(link);
+
 	if (cg1)
 		close(cg1);
 	cleanup_cgroup_environment();
-
+	bpf_object__close(obj);
 	return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/bpf/hbm_kern.h b/samples/bpf/hbm_kern.h
index e00f26f6afba..722b3fadb467 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/hbm_kern.h
+++ b/samples/bpf/hbm_kern.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct {
 	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_ARRAY);
 	__uint(max_entries, 1);
 	__type(key, u32);
-	__type(value, struct hvm_queue_stats);
+	__type(value, struct hbm_queue_stats);
 } queue_stats SEC(".maps");
 
 struct hbm_pkt_info {
