diff --git a/mm/kasan/Makefile b/mm/kasan/Makefile
index d4837bff3b60..7634dd2a6128 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/Makefile
+++ b/mm/kasan/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@ CFLAGS_shadow.o := $(CC_FLAGS_KASAN_RUNTIME)
 CFLAGS_hw_tags.o := $(CC_FLAGS_KASAN_RUNTIME)
 CFLAGS_sw_tags.o := $(CC_FLAGS_KASAN_RUNTIME)
 
-CFLAGS_KASAN_TEST := $(CFLAGS_KASAN) -fno-builtin $(call cc-disable-warning, vla)
+CFLAGS_KASAN_TEST := $(CFLAGS_KASAN) $(call cc-disable-warning, vla)
+ifndef CONFIG_CC_HAS_KASAN_MEMINTRINSIC_PREFIX
+# If compiler instruments memintrinsics by prefixing them with __asan/__hwasan,
+# we need to treat them normally (as builtins), otherwise the compiler won't
+# recognize them as instrumentable. If it doesn't instrument them, we need to
+# pass -fno-builtin, so the compiler doesn't inline them.
+CFLAGS_KASAN_TEST += -fno-builtin
+endif
 
 CFLAGS_kasan_test.o := $(CFLAGS_KASAN_TEST)
 CFLAGS_kasan_test_module.o := $(CFLAGS_KASAN_TEST)
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan_test.c b/mm/kasan/kasan_test.c
index 74cd80c12b25..627eaf1ee1db 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan_test.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan_test.c
@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ static void kasan_test_exit(struct kunit *test)
 		kunit_skip((test), "Test requires " #config "=n");	\
 } while (0)
 
+#define KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test) do {		\
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS))				\
+		break;  /* No compiler instrumentation. */		\
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CC_HAS_KASAN_MEMINTRINSIC_PREFIX))	\
+		break;  /* Should always be instrumented! */		\
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY))				\
+		kunit_skip((test), "Test requires checked mem*()");	\
+} while (0)
+
 static void kmalloc_oob_right(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	char *ptr;
@@ -454,6 +463,8 @@ static void kmalloc_oob_16(struct kunit *test)
 		u64 words[2];
 	} *ptr1, *ptr2;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	/* This test is specifically crafted for the generic mode. */
 	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CONFIG_ON(test, CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC);
 
@@ -476,6 +487,8 @@ static void kmalloc_uaf_16(struct kunit *test)
 		u64 words[2];
 	} *ptr1, *ptr2;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	ptr1 = kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr1), GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr1);
 
@@ -498,6 +511,8 @@ static void kmalloc_oob_memset_2(struct kunit *test)
 	char *ptr;
 	size_t size = 128 - KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
@@ -511,6 +526,8 @@ static void kmalloc_oob_memset_4(struct kunit *test)
 	char *ptr;
 	size_t size = 128 - KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
@@ -524,6 +541,8 @@ static void kmalloc_oob_memset_8(struct kunit *test)
 	char *ptr;
 	size_t size = 128 - KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
@@ -537,6 +556,8 @@ static void kmalloc_oob_memset_16(struct kunit *test)
 	char *ptr;
 	size_t size = 128 - KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
@@ -550,6 +571,8 @@ static void kmalloc_oob_in_memset(struct kunit *test)
 	char *ptr;
 	size_t size = 128 - KASAN_GRANULE_SIZE;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
@@ -566,6 +589,8 @@ static void kmalloc_memmove_negative_size(struct kunit *test)
 	size_t size = 64;
 	size_t invalid_size = -2;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	/*
 	 * Hardware tag-based mode doesn't check memmove for negative size.
 	 * As a result, this test introduces a side-effect memory corruption,
@@ -590,6 +615,8 @@ static void kmalloc_memmove_invalid_size(struct kunit *test)
 	size_t size = 64;
 	size_t invalid_size = size;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
@@ -618,6 +645,8 @@ static void kmalloc_uaf_memset(struct kunit *test)
 	char *ptr;
 	size_t size = 33;
 
+	KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CHECKED_MEMINTRINSICS(test);
+
 	/*
 	 * Only generic KASAN uses quarantine, which is required to avoid a
 	 * kernel memory corruption this test causes.