diff --git a/xdp-loader/xdp-loader.c b/xdp-loader/xdp-loader.c
index b679761a..aed52a73 100644
--- a/xdp-loader/xdp-loader.c
+++ b/xdp-loader/xdp-loader.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ int do_load(const void *cfg, __unused const char *pin_root_path)
 retry:
 	for (i = 0; i < num_progs; i++) {
 		DECLARE_LIBXDP_OPTS(xdp_program_opts, xdp_opts, 0);
+		struct bpf_program *bpf_prog = NULL;
 
 		p = progs[i];
 		if (p)
@@ -157,6 +158,13 @@ int do_load(const void *cfg, __unused const char *pin_root_path)
 			goto out;
 		}
 
+		/* Disable autoload for all programs in the bpf object; libxdp
+		 * will make sure to turn it back on for the program that we're
+		 * actually loading
+		 */
+		bpf_object__for_each_program(bpf_prog, xdp_program__bpf_obj(p))
+			bpf_program__set_autoload(bpf_prog, false);
+
 		if (opt->prio) {
 			err = xdp_program__set_run_prio(p, opt->prio);
 			if (err) {