diff --git a/arch/arm64/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm64/lib/Makefile
index 448c917494f3..b33e1ca4a781 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/lib/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+# KCSAN uses udelay for introducing watchpoint delay; avoid recursion.
+KCSAN_SANITIZE_delay.o := n
+
 lib-y		:= clear_user.o delay.o copy_from_user.o		\
 		   copy_to_user.o copy_page.o				\
 		   clear_page.o csum.o insn.o memchr.o memcpy.o		\