diff --git a/cmd/exporter.go b/cmd/exporter.go
index 6e74ecec61..c19c918d41 100644
--- a/cmd/exporter.go
+++ b/cmd/exporter.go
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ func main() {
 	config.SetEnabledHardwareCounterMetrics(*exposeHardwareCounterMetrics)
 	config.SetEnabledGPU(*enableGPU)
 	config.EnabledMSR = *enabledMSR
-	config.SetKernelSourceDir(*kernelSourceDirPath)
+	if err := config.SetKernelSourceDir(*kernelSourceDirPath); err != nil {
+		klog.Warningf("failed to set kernel source dir to %q: %v", *kernelSourceDirPath, err)
+	}
 
 	// the ebpf batch deletion operation was introduced in linux kernel 5.6, which provides better performance to delete keys.
 	// but the user can enable it if the kernel has backported this functionality.
diff --git a/pkg/bpfassets/attacher/bcc_attacher.go b/pkg/bpfassets/attacher/bcc_attacher.go
index 1d52b31fc0..5df5277b8c 100644
--- a/pkg/bpfassets/attacher/bcc_attacher.go
+++ b/pkg/bpfassets/attacher/bcc_attacher.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func AttachBPFAssets() (*BpfModuleTables, error) {
 	m, err := loadModule(objProg, options)
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Infof("failed to attach perf module with options %v: %v, from default kernel source.\n", options, err)
-		dirs := config.GetKernelSourceDir()
+		dirs := config.GetKernelSourceDirs()
 		for _, dir := range dirs {
 			klog.Infof("trying to load eBPF module with kernel source dir %s", dir)
 			os.Setenv("BCC_KERNEL_SOURCE", dir)
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 756f584769..a2286ab6ac 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var (
 	configPath = "/etc/kepler/kepler.config"
 
 	// dir of kernel sources for bcc
-	kernelSourceDir = []string{}
+	kernelSourceDirs = []string{}
 
 	////////////////////////////////////
 	ModelServerEnable   = getBoolConfig("MODEL_SERVER_ENABLE", false)
@@ -153,35 +153,30 @@ func getConfig(configKey, defaultValue string) (result string) {
 
 // SetKernelSourceDir sets the directory for all kernel source. This is used for bcc. Only the top level directory is needed.
 func SetKernelSourceDir(dir string) error {
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-fileInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
-if err != nil {
-  return err
-}
-
-if !fileInfo.IsDir() {
-   return fmt.Errorf("expected  kernel root path %s to be a directory", dir)
-}
-	// read all the kernel source directories
-	if dir != "" {
-		// list all the directories under `dir` and store in kernelSourceDir
-		klog.V(4).Infoln("kernel source dir is set to", dir)
-		files, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
-		if err != nil {
-			klog.Warning("failed to read kernel source dir", err)
-		}
-		kernelVers := fmt.Sprintf("%v", getKernelVersion(c))
-		for _, file := range files {
-			// only store directories and the directory name should contain the kernel version
-			if strings.Contains(file.Name(), kernelVers) && file.IsDir() {
-				kernelSourceDir = append(kernelSourceDir, filepath.Join(dir, file.Name()))
-			}
+	if !fileInfo.IsDir() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("expected  kernel root path %s to be a directory", dir)
+	}
+	// list all the directories under dir and store in kernelSourceDir
+	klog.Infoln("kernel source dir is set to", dir)
+	files, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		klog.Warning("failed to read kernel source dir", err)
+	}
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if file.IsDir() {
+			kernelSourceDirs = append(kernelSourceDirs, filepath.Join(dir, file.Name()))
 		}
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
-func GetKernelSourceDir() []string {
-	return kernelSourceDir
+func GetKernelSourceDirs() []string {
+	return kernelSourceDirs
 }
 
 func SetModelServerReqEndpoint() (modelServerReqEndpoint string) {