diff --git a/tc/tc_bpf.c b/tc/tc_bpf.c
index c3adc23c..b44b1237 100644
--- a/tc/tc_bpf.c
+++ b/tc/tc_bpf.c
@@ -205,6 +205,52 @@ void bpf_print_ops(FILE *f, struct rtattr *bpf_ops, __u16 len)
 		ops[i].jf, ops[i].k);
 }
 
+static int bpf_map_selfcheck_pinned(int fd, const struct bpf_elf_map *map)
+{
+	char file[PATH_MAX], buff[4096];
+	struct bpf_elf_map tmp, zero;
+	unsigned int val;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "/proc/%d/fdinfo/%d", getpid(), fd);
+
+	fp = fopen(file, "r");
+	if (!fp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "No procfs support?!\n");
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(tmp));
+	while (fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), fp)) {
+		if (sscanf(buff, "map_type:\t%u", &val) == 1)
+			tmp.type = val;
+		else if (sscanf(buff, "key_size:\t%u", &val) == 1)
+			tmp.size_key = val;
+		else if (sscanf(buff, "value_size:\t%u", &val) == 1)
+			tmp.size_value = val;
+		else if (sscanf(buff, "max_entries:\t%u", &val) == 1)
+			tmp.max_elem = val;
+	}
+
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	if (!memcmp(&tmp, map, offsetof(struct bpf_elf_map, id))) {
+		return 0;
+	} else {
+		memset(&zero, 0, sizeof(zero));
+		/* If kernel doesn't have eBPF-related fdinfo, we cannot do much,
+		 * so just accept it. We know we do have an eBPF fd and in this
+		 * case, everything is 0. It is guaranteed that no such map exists
+		 * since map type of 0 is unloadable BPF_MAP_TYPE_UNSPEC.
+		 */
+		if (!memcmp(&tmp, &zero, offsetof(struct bpf_elf_map, id)))
+			return 0;
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "Map specs from pinned file differ!\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+}
+
 static int bpf_valid_mntpt(const char *mnt, unsigned long magic)
 {
 	struct statfs st_fs;
@@ -816,6 +862,13 @@ static int bpf_map_attach(const char *name, const struct bpf_elf_map *map,
 
 	fd = bpf_probe_pinned(name, map->pinning);
 	if (fd > 0) {
+		ret = bpf_map_selfcheck_pinned(fd, map);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			close(fd);
+			fprintf(stderr, "Map \'%s\' self-check failed!\n",
+				name);
+			return ret;
+		}
 		if (verbose)
 			fprintf(stderr, "Map \'%s\' loaded as pinned!\n",
 				name);