diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c b/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
index 32d06cbf6a31..3f4ed29178b3 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan_test_c.c
@@ -874,6 +874,16 @@ static void kmalloc_double_kzfree(struct kunit *test)
 	char *ptr;
 	size_t size = 16;
 
+	/*
+	 * With the tag-based KASAN modes, if the memory happens to be
+	 * reallocated between the two frees and the new allocation tag happens
+	 * to match the old one, the second free will cause a memory corruption.
+	 * Resolving https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212177 would
+	 * help to deal with this. With Generic KASAN, it's effectively
+	 * impossible for the memory to get reallocated due to the quarantine.
+	 */
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CONFIG_ON(test, CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC);
+
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);