diff --git a/bpf/headers/include/bpf_helpers.h b/bpf/headers/include/bpf_helpers.h
index 716cf9d..ac5ffda 100644
--- a/bpf/headers/include/bpf_helpers.h
+++ b/bpf/headers/include/bpf_helpers.h
@@ -355,11 +355,17 @@
 #error "Bpf Map UID must be left at default of AID_ROOT for BpfLoader prior to v0.28"
 #endif
 
-#define DEFINE_BPF_MAP_UGM(the_map, TYPE, KeyType, ValueType, num_entries, usr, grp, md)     \
-    DEFINE_BPF_MAP_EXT(the_map, TYPE, KeyType, ValueType, num_entries, usr, grp, md,         \
-                       DEFAULT_BPF_MAP_SELINUX_CONTEXT, DEFAULT_BPF_MAP_PIN_SUBDIR, PRIVATE, \
-                       BPFLOADER_MIN_VER, BPFLOADER_MAX_VER, LOAD_ON_ENG,                    \
-                       LOAD_ON_USER, LOAD_ON_USERDEBUG)
+// for maps not meant to be accessed from userspace
+#define DEFINE_BPF_MAP_KERNEL_INTERNAL(the_map, TYPE, KeyType, ValueType, num_entries)           \
+    DEFINE_BPF_MAP_EXT(the_map, TYPE, KeyType, ValueType, num_entries, AID_ROOT, AID_ROOT,       \
+                       0000, "fs_bpf_loader", "", PRIVATE, BPFLOADER_MIN_VER, BPFLOADER_MAX_VER, \
+                       LOAD_ON_ENG, LOAD_ON_USER, LOAD_ON_USERDEBUG)
+
+#define DEFINE_BPF_MAP_UGM(the_map, TYPE, KeyType, ValueType, num_entries, usr, grp, md) \
+    DEFINE_BPF_MAP_EXT(the_map, TYPE, KeyType, ValueType, num_entries, usr, grp, md,     \
+                       DEFAULT_BPF_MAP_SELINUX_CONTEXT, DEFAULT_BPF_MAP_PIN_SUBDIR,      \
+                       PRIVATE, BPFLOADER_MIN_VER, BPFLOADER_MAX_VER,                    \
+                       LOAD_ON_ENG, LOAD_ON_USER, LOAD_ON_USERDEBUG)
 
 #define DEFINE_BPF_MAP(the_map, TYPE, KeyType, ValueType, num_entries) \
     DEFINE_BPF_MAP_UGM(the_map, TYPE, KeyType, ValueType, num_entries, \
diff --git a/bpf/loader/NetBpfLoad.cpp b/bpf/loader/NetBpfLoad.cpp
index 5d4cd42..4767dfa 100644
--- a/bpf/loader/NetBpfLoad.cpp
+++ b/bpf/loader/NetBpfLoad.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
     net_shared,         // (T+) fs_bpf_net_shared    /sys/fs/bpf/net_shared
     netd_readonly,      // (T+) fs_bpf_netd_readonly /sys/fs/bpf/netd_readonly
     netd_shared,        // (T+) fs_bpf_netd_shared   /sys/fs/bpf/netd_shared
+    loader,             // (U+) fs_bpf_loader        /sys/fs/bpf/loader
+                        // on T due to lack of sepolicy/genfscon rules it behaves simply as 'fs_bpf'
 };
 
 static constexpr domain AllDomains[] = {
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@
     domain::net_shared,
     domain::netd_readonly,
     domain::netd_shared,
+    domain::loader,
 };
 
 static constexpr bool specified(domain d) {
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@
         case domain::net_shared:    return "fs_bpf_net_shared";
         case domain::netd_readonly: return "fs_bpf_netd_readonly";
         case domain::netd_shared:   return "fs_bpf_netd_shared";
+        case domain::loader:        return "fs_bpf_loader";
     }
 }
 
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@
         case domain::net_shared:    return "net_shared/";
         case domain::netd_readonly: return "netd_readonly/";
         case domain::netd_shared:   return "netd_shared/";
+        case domain::loader:        return "loader/";
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/bpf/progs/dscpPolicy.c b/bpf/progs/dscpPolicy.c
index 39f2961..7ef5620 100644
--- a/bpf/progs/dscpPolicy.c
+++ b/bpf/progs/dscpPolicy.c
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 // The cache is never read nor written by userspace and is indexed by socket cookie % CACHE_MAP_SIZE
 #define CACHE_MAP_SIZE 32  // should be a power of two so we can % cheaply
-DEFINE_BPF_MAP_GRO(socket_policy_cache_map, PERCPU_ARRAY, uint32_t, RuleEntry, CACHE_MAP_SIZE,
-                   AID_SYSTEM)
+DEFINE_BPF_MAP_KERNEL_INTERNAL(socket_policy_cache_map, PERCPU_ARRAY, uint32_t, RuleEntry,
+                               CACHE_MAP_SIZE)
 
 DEFINE_BPF_MAP_GRW(ipv4_dscp_policies_map, ARRAY, uint32_t, DscpPolicy, MAX_POLICIES, AID_SYSTEM)
 DEFINE_BPF_MAP_GRW(ipv6_dscp_policies_map, ARRAY, uint32_t, DscpPolicy, MAX_POLICIES, AID_SYSTEM)
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@
     // this array lookup cannot actually fail
     RuleEntry* existing_rule = bpf_socket_policy_cache_map_lookup_elem(&cacheid);
 
-    if (existing_rule &&
-        v6_equal(src_ip, existing_rule->src_ip) &&
+    if (!existing_rule) return; // impossible
+
+    if (v6_equal(src_ip, existing_rule->src_ip) &&
         v6_equal(dst_ip, existing_rule->dst_ip) &&
         skb->ifindex == existing_rule->ifindex &&
         sport == existing_rule->src_port &&
@@ -187,7 +188,8 @@
         }
     }
 
-    RuleEntry value = {
+    // Update cache with found policy.
+    *existing_rule = (RuleEntry){
         .src_ip = src_ip,
         .dst_ip = dst_ip,
         .ifindex = skb->ifindex,
@@ -197,9 +199,6 @@
         .dscp_val = new_dscp,
     };
 
-    // Update cache with found policy.
-    bpf_socket_policy_cache_map_update_elem(&cacheid, &value, BPF_ANY);
-
     if (new_dscp < 0) return;
 
     // Need to store bytes after updating map or program will not load.