diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c63e4b38b7fe..703e0d72a05c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1226,13 +1226,26 @@ static inline bool cpupid_match_pid(struct task_struct *task, int cpupid)
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_SW_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)
 {
-	return (page->flags >> KASAN_TAG_PGSHIFT) & KASAN_TAG_MASK;
+	u8 tag;
+
+	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)
 {
+	tag ^= 0xff;
 	page->flags &= ~(KASAN_TAG_MASK << KASAN_TAG_PGSHIFT);
 	page->flags |= (tag & KASAN_TAG_MASK) << KASAN_TAG_PGSHIFT;
 }