diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 3e7bbb5dae41..0721ff0c90be 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1278,16 +1278,10 @@ static inline bool should_skip_kasan_poison(struct page *page, fpi_t fpi_flags)
 	       PageSkipKASanPoison(page);
 }
 
-static void kernel_init_free_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, bool zero_tags)
+static void kernel_init_free_pages(struct page *page, int numpages)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (zero_tags) {
-		for (i = 0; i < numpages; i++)
-			tag_clear_highpage(page + i);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* s390's use of memset() could override KASAN redzones. */
 	kasan_disable_current();
 	for (i = 0; i < numpages; i++) {
@@ -1383,7 +1377,7 @@ static __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 		bool init = want_init_on_free();
 
 		if (init)
-			kernel_init_free_pages(page, 1 << order, false);
+			kernel_init_free_pages(page, 1 << order);
 		if (!skip_kasan_poison)
 			kasan_poison_pages(page, order, init);
 	}
@@ -2378,9 +2372,17 @@ inline void post_alloc_hook(struct page *page, unsigned int order,
 		bool init = !want_init_on_free() && want_init_on_alloc(gfp_flags);
 
 		kasan_unpoison_pages(page, order, init);
-		if (init)
-			kernel_init_free_pages(page, 1 << order,
-					       gfp_flags & __GFP_ZEROTAGS);
+
+		if (init) {
+			if (gfp_flags & __GFP_ZEROTAGS) {
+				int i;
+
+				for (i = 0; i < 1 << order; i++)
+					tag_clear_highpage(page + i);
+			} else {
+				kernel_init_free_pages(page, 1 << order);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	set_page_owner(page, order, gfp_flags);