diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 692113049ae6..a49a683a4753 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1210,8 +1210,10 @@ static void kernel_init_free_pages(struct page *page, int numpages)
 	/* s390's use of memset() could override KASAN redzones. */
 	kasan_disable_current();
 	for (i = 0; i < numpages; i++) {
+		u8 tag = page_kasan_tag(page + i);
 		page_kasan_tag_reset(page + i);
 		clear_highpage(page + i);
+		page_kasan_tag_set(page + i, tag);
 	}
 	kasan_enable_current();
 }