diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index ff2091954f7b..3c414e0ac819 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -2813,6 +2813,31 @@ static void mark_all_scalars_precise(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
 	}
 }
 
+static void mark_all_scalars_imprecise(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, struct bpf_verifier_state *st)
+{
+	struct bpf_func_state *func;
+	struct bpf_reg_state *reg;
+	int i, j;
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= st->curframe; i++) {
+		func = st->frame[i];
+		for (j = 0; j < BPF_REG_FP; j++) {
+			reg = &func->regs[j];
+			if (reg->type != SCALAR_VALUE)
+				continue;
+			reg->precise = false;
+		}
+		for (j = 0; j < func->allocated_stack / BPF_REG_SIZE; j++) {
+			if (!is_spilled_reg(&func->stack[j]))
+				continue;
+			reg = &func->stack[j].spilled_ptr;
+			if (reg->type != SCALAR_VALUE)
+				continue;
+			reg->precise = false;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * __mark_chain_precision() backtracks BPF program instruction sequence and
  * chain of verifier states making sure that register *regno* (if regno >= 0)
@@ -2891,6 +2916,14 @@ static void mark_all_scalars_precise(struct bpf_verifier_env *env,
  * be imprecise. If any child state does require this register to be precise,
  * we'll mark it precise later retroactively during precise markings
  * propagation from child state to parent states.
+ *
+ * Skipping precise marking setting in current state is a mild version of
+ * relying on the above observation. But we can utilize this property even
+ * more aggressively by proactively forgetting any precise marking in the
+ * current state (which we inherited from the parent state), right before we
+ * checkpoint it and branch off into new child state. This is done by
+ * mark_all_scalars_imprecise() to hopefully get more permissive and generic
+ * finalized states which help in short circuiting more future states.
  */
 static int __mark_chain_precision(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int frame, int regno,
 				  int spi)
@@ -12296,6 +12329,10 @@ static int is_state_visited(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx)
 	env->prev_jmps_processed = env->jmps_processed;
 	env->prev_insn_processed = env->insn_processed;
 
+	/* forget precise markings we inherited, see __mark_chain_precision */
+	if (env->bpf_capable)
+		mark_all_scalars_imprecise(env, cur);
+
 	/* add new state to the head of linked list */
 	new = &new_sl->state;
 	err = copy_verifier_state(new, cur);