diff --git a/pkg/driver/type/bpf.go b/pkg/driver/type/bpf.go
index 11845bba6..de2e22eef 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/type/bpf.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/type/bpf.go
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ func (b *bpf) Cleanup(printer *output.Printer, _ string) error {
 	// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4f6699dfcb8558d138fe838f741b2c10f416cf9
 	printer.Logger.Info("Mounting debugfs for bpf driver.")
 	mounter := mount.New("/bin/mount")
-	return mounter.Mount("debugfs", "/sys/kernel/debug", "debugfs", []string{"nodev"})
+	// We don't fail if this fails; let's try to build a probe anyway.
+	_ = mounter.Mount("debugfs", "/sys/kernel/debug", "debugfs", []string{"nodev"})
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (b *bpf) Load(_ *output.Printer, _ string, _ bool) error {