diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 64a71bf2053674c32322555b5ad32821acdbc6ca..8ba434287387b7d67fb9ce2f2f37024f41ec9894 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1461,16 +1461,28 @@ static inline bool cpupid_match_pid(struct task_struct *task, int cpupid)
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_SW_TAGS) || defined(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS)
 
+/*
+ * KASAN per-page tags are stored xor'ed with 0xff. This allows to avoid
+ * setting tags for all pages to native kernel tag value 0xff, as the default
+ * value 0x00 maps to 0xff.
+ */
+
 static inline u8 page_kasan_tag(const struct page *page)
 {
-	if (kasan_enabled())
-		return (page->flags >> KASAN_TAG_PGSHIFT) & KASAN_TAG_MASK;
-	return 0xff;
+	u8 tag = 0xff;
+
+	if (kasan_enabled()) {
+		tag = (page->flags >> KASAN_TAG_PGSHIFT) & KASAN_TAG_MASK;
+		tag ^= 0xff;
+	}
+
+	return tag;
 }
 
 static inline void page_kasan_tag_set(struct page *page, u8 tag)
 {
 	if (kasan_enabled()) {
+		tag ^= 0xff;
 		page->flags &= ~(KASAN_TAG_MASK << KASAN_TAG_PGSHIFT);
 		page->flags |= (tag & KASAN_TAG_MASK) << KASAN_TAG_PGSHIFT;
 	}