diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index b2877a84ed19..5cae08963984 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1402,6 +1402,7 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 			unsigned int order, bool check_free, fpi_t fpi_flags)
 {
 	int bad = 0;
+	bool skip_kasan_poison = should_skip_kasan_poison(page, fpi_flags);
 	bool init = want_init_on_free();
 
 	VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(PageTail(page), page);
@@ -1476,7 +1477,7 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 	 * With hardware tag-based KASAN, memory tags must be set before the
 	 * page becomes unavailable via debug_pagealloc or arch_free_page.
 	 */
-	if (!should_skip_kasan_poison(page, fpi_flags)) {
+	if (!skip_kasan_poison) {
 		kasan_poison_pages(page, order, init);
 
 		/* Memory is already initialized if KASAN did it internally. */