diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index 401b4932cc49f..ced7132980fe6 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -3672,10 +3672,12 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_strnstr(const char *s1__ign, const char *s2__ign, size_t len
 
 	guard(pagefault)();
 	for (i = 0; i < XATTR_SIZE_MAX; i++) {
-		for (j = 0; i + j < len && j < XATTR_SIZE_MAX; j++) {
+		for (j = 0; i + j <= len && j < XATTR_SIZE_MAX; j++) {
 			__get_kernel_nofault(&c2, s2__ign + j, char, err_out);
 			if (c2 == '\0')
 				return i;
+			if (i + j == len)
+				break;
 			__get_kernel_nofault(&c1, s1__ign + j, char, err_out);
 			if (c1 == '\0')
 				return -ENOENT;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/string_kfuncs_success.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/string_kfuncs_success.c
index 46697f3818789..f8fe14787b2ea 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/string_kfuncs_success.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/string_kfuncs_success.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ __test(2) int test_strcspn(void *ctx) { return bpf_strcspn(str, "lo"); }
 __test(6) int test_strstr_found(void *ctx) { return bpf_strstr(str, "world"); }
 __test(-ENOENT) int test_strstr_notfound(void *ctx) { return bpf_strstr(str, "hi"); }
 __test(0) int test_strstr_empty(void *ctx) { return bpf_strstr(str, ""); }
+__test(0) int test_strnstr_found(void *ctx) { return bpf_strnstr("", "", 0); }
+__test(0) int test_strnstr_found(void *ctx) { return bpf_strnstr(str, "hello", 5); }
 __test(0) int test_strnstr_found(void *ctx) { return bpf_strnstr(str, "hello", 6); }
 __test(-ENOENT) int test_strnstr_notfound(void *ctx) { return bpf_strnstr(str, "hi", 10); }
 __test(0) int test_strnstr_empty(void *ctx) { return bpf_strnstr(str, "", 1); }