diff --git a/scripts/generate-btf.sh b/scripts/generate-btf.sh
index 507ca888..76b848d5 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-btf.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-btf.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bootdir="$dir/boot"
 for fname in $bootdir/vmlinux-*; do
 	kernel=$(basename $fname)
 	ver=$(echo $kernel | sed -e 's/vmlinux-//')
-	outfile="$bootdir/kernel-${ver}.btf"
+	outfile="$bootdir/btf-${ver}"
 	rm -f $outfile
 	pahole --btf_encode_detached=$outfile $fname
 	echo "Generated $outfile"