diff --git a/aya/src/programs/tc.rs b/aya/src/programs/tc.rs
index 1348d62c..2de0dbc5 100644
--- a/aya/src/programs/tc.rs
+++ b/aya/src/programs/tc.rs
@@ -217,12 +217,18 @@ impl SchedClassifier {
     /// # prog.load()?;
     /// let pin_path = "/sys/fs/bpf/my_link";
     ///
-    /// let link_id = if Path::new(pin_path).exists() {
-    ///     let old = PinnedLink::from_pin(pin_path)?;
-    ///     prog.attach_to_link(FdLink::from(old).try_into()?)?  // atomic replacement
-    /// } else {
-    ///     prog.attach_with_options("eth0", TcAttachType::Ingress,
-    ///                               TcAttachOptions::TcxOrder(LinkOrder::default()))?
+    /// let link_id = match PinnedLink::from_pin(pin_path) {
+    ///     Ok(old) => {
+    ///         let link = FdLink::from(old).try_into()?;
+    ///         prog.attach_to_link(link)?
+    ///     }
+    ///     Err(_) => {
+    ///         prog.attach_with_options(
+    ///             "eth0",
+    ///             TcAttachType::Ingress,
+    ///             TcAttachOptions::TcxOrder(LinkOrder::default()),
+    ///         )?
+    ///     }
     /// };
     ///
     /// let link = prog.take_link(link_id)?;
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@ impl SchedClassifier {
     ///
     /// [`TcError::NetlinkError`] is returned if attaching fails. A common cause
     /// of failure is not having added the `clsact` qdisc to the given
-    /// interface, see [`qdisc_add_clsact`]
+    /// interface, see [`qdisc_add_clsact`].
     pub fn attach_with_options(
         &mut self,
         interface: &str,
diff --git a/test/integration-test/src/tests/load.rs b/test/integration-test/src/tests/load.rs
index a1a3e5ca..c318366e 100644
--- a/test/integration-test/src/tests/load.rs
+++ b/test/integration-test/src/tests/load.rs
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ fn pin_tcx_link() {
     let _netns = NetNsGuard::new();
 
     let program_name = "tcx_next";
+    let pin_path = "/sys/fs/bpf/aya-tcx-test-lo";
     let mut bpf = Ebpf::load(crate::TCX).unwrap();
     let prog: &mut SchedClassifier = bpf.program_mut(program_name).unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
     prog.load().unwrap();
@@ -424,18 +425,28 @@ fn pin_tcx_link() {
     assert_loaded(program_name);
 
     let fd_link: FdLink = link.try_into().unwrap();
-    let pinned = fd_link.pin("/sys/fs/bpf/aya-tcx-test-lo").unwrap();
+    fd_link.pin(pin_path).unwrap();
 
-    // because of the pin, the program is still attached
+    // Because of the pin, the program is still attached
     prog.unload().unwrap();
     assert_loaded(program_name);
 
-    // delete the pin, but the program is still attached
-    let new_link = pinned.unpin().unwrap();
+    // Load a new program and atomically replace the old one using attach_to_link
+    let mut bpf = Ebpf::load(crate::TCX).unwrap();
+    let prog: &mut SchedClassifier = bpf.program_mut(program_name).unwrap().try_into().unwrap();
+    prog.load().unwrap();
+
+    let old_link = PinnedLink::from_pin(pin_path).unwrap();
+    let link = FdLink::from(old_link).try_into().unwrap();
+    let link_id = prog.attach_to_link(link).unwrap();
+
     assert_loaded(program_name);
 
-    // finally when new_link is dropped we're detached
-    drop(new_link);
+    // Clean up
+    let link = prog.take_link(link_id).unwrap();
+    let fd_link: FdLink = link.try_into().unwrap();
+    fd_link.unpin().unwrap();
+    drop(fd_link);
     assert_unloaded(program_name);
 }