diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index 4bc9f9ec6530..4dd6b11627a7 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static void kmalloc_node_oob_right(struct kunit *test)
 	ptr = kmalloc_node(size, GFP_KERNEL, 0);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr[size] = 0);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr[0] = ptr[size]);
 	kfree(ptr);
 }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void kmalloc_pagealloc_uaf(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 	kfree(ptr);
 
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr[0] = 0);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ((volatile char *)ptr)[0]);
 }
 
 static void kmalloc_pagealloc_invalid_free(struct kunit *test)
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static void pagealloc_oob_right(struct kunit *test)
 	ptr = page_address(pages);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr[size] = 0);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr[0] = ptr[size]);
 	free_pages((unsigned long)ptr, order);
 }
 
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static void pagealloc_uaf(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 	free_pages((unsigned long)ptr, order);
 
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr[0] = 0);
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ((volatile char *)ptr)[0]);
 }
 
 static void kmalloc_large_oob_right(struct kunit *test)
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ static void kmalloc_uaf(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
 	kfree(ptr);
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, *(ptr + 8) = 'x');
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ((volatile char *)ptr)[8]);
 }
 
 static void kmalloc_uaf_memset(struct kunit *test)
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ again:
 		goto again;
 	}
 
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr1[40] = 'x');
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ((volatile char *)ptr1)[40]);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_NE(test, ptr1, ptr2);
 
 	kfree(ptr2);
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static void ksize_unpoisons_memory(struct kunit *test)
 	ptr[size] = 'x';
 
 	/* This one must. */
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr[real_size] = 'y');
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ((volatile char *)ptr)[real_size]);
 
 	kfree(ptr);
 }