diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index 603fd7937b9457513654d8309a7b87e4a89df201..9a227d7e06d65a2687d9c540ec66b3137247b444 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -382,7 +382,9 @@ static void kmalloc_uaf2(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	char *ptr1, *ptr2;
 	size_t size = 43;
+	int counter = 0;
 
+again:
 	ptr1 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr1);
 
@@ -391,6 +393,15 @@ static void kmalloc_uaf2(struct kunit *test)
 	ptr2 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr2);
 
+	/*
+	 * For tag-based KASAN ptr1 and ptr2 tags might happen to be the same.
+	 * Allow up to 16 attempts at generating different tags.
+	 */
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) && ptr1 == ptr2 && counter++ < 16) {
+		kfree(ptr2);
+		goto again;
+	}
+
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test, ptr1[40] = 'x');
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_NE(test, ptr1, ptr2);