diff --git a/include/linux/gfp_types.h b/include/linux/gfp_types.h
index cd4972a7c97c..54ca0c88bab6 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp_types.h
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ enum {
  *
  * %__GFP_SKIP_KASAN makes KASAN skip unpoisoning on page allocation.
  * Used for userspace and vmalloc pages; the latter are unpoisoned by
- * kasan_unpoison_vmalloc instead. For userspace pages, results in
- * poisoning being skipped as well, see should_skip_kasan_poison for
- * details. Only effective in HW_TAGS mode.
+ * kasan_unpoison_vmalloc instead. If passed to vmalloc, kasan_unpoison_vmalloc
+ * is skipped too. For userspace pages, results in poisoning being skipped as
+ * well, see should_skip_kasan_poison for details. Only effective in HW_TAGS mode.
  */
 #define __GFP_NOWARN	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_NOWARN)
 #define __GFP_COMP	((__force gfp_t)___GFP_COMP)
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 99fce4f9f6e4..eabb86b13b7e 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3933,7 +3933,7 @@ static void *__vmalloc_area_node(struct vm_struct *area, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 				__GFP_NOFAIL | __GFP_ZERO |\
 				__GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_RETRY_MAYFAIL |\
 				GFP_NOFS | GFP_NOIO | GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT |\
-				GFP_USER | __GFP_NOLOCKDEP)
+				GFP_USER | __GFP_NOLOCKDEP | __GFP_SKIP_KASAN)
 
 static gfp_t vmalloc_fix_flags(gfp_t flags)
 {
@@ -3974,6 +3974,9 @@ static gfp_t vmalloc_fix_flags(gfp_t flags)
  *
  * %__GFP_NOWARN can be used to suppress failure messages.
  *
+ * %__GFP_SKIP_KASAN can be used to skip unpoisoning of mapped pages
+ * (when prot=%PAGE_KERNEL).
+ *
  * Can not be called from interrupt nor NMI contexts.
  * Return: the address of the area or %NULL on failure
  */
@@ -3987,6 +3990,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range_noprof(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 	kasan_vmalloc_flags_t kasan_flags = KASAN_VMALLOC_NONE;
 	unsigned long original_align = align;
 	unsigned int shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
+	bool skip_vmalloc_kasan = kasan_hw_tags_enabled() && (gfp_mask & __GFP_SKIP_KASAN);
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!size))
 		return NULL;
@@ -4017,7 +4021,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range_noprof(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 again:
 	area = __get_vm_area_node(size, align, shift, VM_ALLOC |
 				  VM_UNINITIALIZED | vm_flags, start, end, node,
-				  gfp_mask, caller);
+				  gfp_mask & ~__GFP_SKIP_KASAN, caller);
 	if (!area) {
 		bool nofail = gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL;
 		warn_alloc(gfp_mask, NULL,
@@ -4035,7 +4039,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range_noprof(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 	 * kasan_unpoison_vmalloc().
 	 */
 	if (pgprot_val(prot) == pgprot_val(PAGE_KERNEL)) {
-		if (kasan_hw_tags_enabled()) {
+		if (kasan_hw_tags_enabled() && !skip_vmalloc_kasan) {
 			/*
 			 * Modify protection bits to allow tagging.
 			 * This must be done before mapping.
@@ -4072,7 +4076,8 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range_noprof(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
 	    (gfp_mask & __GFP_SKIP_ZERO))
 		kasan_flags |= KASAN_VMALLOC_INIT;
 	/* KASAN_VMALLOC_PROT_NORMAL already set if required. */
-	area->addr = kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(area->addr, size, kasan_flags);
+	if (!skip_vmalloc_kasan)
+		area->addr = kasan_unpoison_vmalloc(area->addr, size, kasan_flags);
 
 	/*
 	 * In this function, newly allocated vm_struct has VM_UNINITIALIZED