diff --git a/mm/kasan/common.c b/mm/kasan/common.c
index 2586d3718600..267500896b1e 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/common.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/common.c
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ static inline bool ____kasan_slab_free(struct kmem_cache *cache, void *object,
 	u8 tag;
 	void *tagged_object;
 
+	if (!kasan_arch_is_ready())
+		return false;
+
 	tag = get_tag(object);
 	tagged_object = object;
 	object = kasan_reset_tag(object);
diff --git a/mm/kasan/generic.c b/mm/kasan/generic.c
index 53cbf28859b5..c3f5ba7a294a 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/generic.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/generic.c
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ static __always_inline bool check_region_inline(unsigned long addr,
 						size_t size, bool write,
 						unsigned long ret_ip)
 {
+	if (!kasan_arch_is_ready())
+		return true;
+
 	if (unlikely(size == 0))
 		return true;
 
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
index 8f450bc28045..4dbc8def64f4 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
@@ -449,6 +449,12 @@ static inline void kasan_poison_last_granule(const void *address, size_t size) {
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC */
 
+#ifndef kasan_arch_is_ready
+static inline bool kasan_arch_is_ready(void)	{ return true; }
+#elif !defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) || !defined(CONFIG_KASAN_OUTLINE)
+#error kasan_arch_is_ready only works in KASAN generic outline mode!
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Exported functions for interfaces called from assembly or from generated
  * code. Declarations here to avoid warning about missing declarations.
diff --git a/mm/kasan/shadow.c b/mm/kasan/shadow.c
index 082ee5b6d9a1..8d95ee52d019 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/shadow.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/shadow.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ void kasan_poison(const void *addr, size_t size, u8 value, bool init)
 {
 	void *shadow_start, *shadow_end;
 
+	if (!kasan_arch_is_ready())
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * Perform shadow offset calculation based on untagged address, as
 	 * some of the callers (e.g. kasan_poison_object_data) pass tagged
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kasan_poison);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC
 void kasan_poison_last_granule(const void *addr, size_t size)
 {
+	if (!kasan_arch_is_ready())
+		return;
+
 	if (size & KASAN_GRANULE_MASK) {
 		u8 *shadow = (u8 *)kasan_mem_to_shadow(addr + size);
 		*shadow = size & KASAN_GRANULE_MASK;