diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
index e022b7506e37..e3dca4d1f2a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ particular KASAN features.
 
 - ``kasan=off`` or ``=on`` controls whether KASAN is enabled (default: ``on``).
 
+- ``kasan.mode=sync`` or ``=async`` controls whether KASAN is configured in
+  synchronous or asynchronous mode of execution (default: ``sync``).
+  Synchronous mode: a bad access is detected immediately when a tag
+  check fault occurs.
+  Asynchronous mode: a bad access detection is delayed. When a tag check
+  fault occurs, the information is stored in hardware (in the TFSR_EL1
+  register for arm64). The kernel periodically checks the hardware and
+  only reports tag faults during these checks.
+
 - ``kasan.stacktrace=off`` or ``=on`` disables or enables alloc and free stack
   traces collection (default: ``on`` for ``CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y``, otherwise
   ``off``).
diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index d16ec9e66806..7285dcf9fcc1 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void kasan_test_exit(struct kunit *test)
 			READ_ONCE(fail_data.report_found));	\
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS)) {			\
 		if (READ_ONCE(fail_data.report_found))		\
-			hw_enable_tagging();			\
+			hw_enable_tagging_sync();		\
 		migrate_enable();				\
 	}							\
 } while (0)
diff --git a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
index e529428e7a11..308a879a3798 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/hw_tags.c
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ enum kasan_arg {
 	KASAN_ARG_ON,
 };
 
+enum kasan_arg_mode {
+	KASAN_ARG_MODE_DEFAULT,
+	KASAN_ARG_MODE_SYNC,
+	KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYNC,
+};
+
 enum kasan_arg_stacktrace {
 	KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_DEFAULT,
 	KASAN_ARG_STACKTRACE_OFF,
@@ -38,6 +44,7 @@ enum kasan_arg_fault {
 };
 
 static enum kasan_arg kasan_arg __ro_after_init;
+static enum kasan_arg_mode kasan_arg_mode __ro_after_init;
 static enum kasan_arg_stacktrace kasan_arg_stacktrace __ro_after_init;
 static enum kasan_arg_fault kasan_arg_fault __ro_after_init;
 
@@ -68,6 +75,21 @@ static int __init early_kasan_flag(char *arg)
 }
 early_param("kasan", early_kasan_flag);
 
+/* kasan.mode=sync/async */
+static int __init early_kasan_mode(char *arg)
+{
+	/* If arg is not set the default mode is sync */
+	if ((!arg) || !strcmp(arg, "sync"))
+		kasan_arg_mode = KASAN_ARG_MODE_SYNC;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "async"))
+		kasan_arg_mode = KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYNC;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("kasan.mode", early_kasan_mode);
+
 /* kasan.stacktrace=off/on */
 static int __init early_kasan_flag_stacktrace(char *arg)
 {
@@ -115,7 +137,15 @@ void kasan_init_hw_tags_cpu(void)
 		return;
 
 	hw_init_tags(KASAN_TAG_MAX);
-	hw_enable_tagging();
+
+	/*
+	 * Enable async mode only when explicitly requested through
+	 * the command line.
+	 */
+	if (kasan_arg_mode == KASAN_ARG_MODE_ASYNC)
+		hw_enable_tagging_async();
+	else
+		hw_enable_tagging_sync();
 }
 
 /* kasan_init_hw_tags() is called once on boot CPU. */
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
index 07ef7fc742ad..3923d9744105 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
@@ -294,7 +294,8 @@ static inline const void *arch_kasan_set_tag(const void *addr, u8 tag)
 #define arch_set_mem_tag_range(addr, size, tag) ((void *)(addr))
 #endif
 
-#define hw_enable_tagging()			arch_enable_tagging()
+#define hw_enable_tagging_sync()		arch_enable_tagging_sync()
+#define hw_enable_tagging_async()		arch_enable_tagging_async()
 #define hw_init_tags(max_tag)			arch_init_tags(max_tag)
 #define hw_set_tagging_report_once(state)	arch_set_tagging_report_once(state)
 #define hw_get_random_tag()			arch_get_random_tag()
@@ -303,7 +304,8 @@ static inline const void *arch_kasan_set_tag(const void *addr, u8 tag)
 
 #else /* CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS */
 
-#define hw_enable_tagging()
+#define hw_enable_tagging_sync()
+#define hw_enable_tagging_async()
 #define hw_set_tagging_report_once(state)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS */
