diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 02aa5cb3a4fd..53da7a4683d3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ static int inet_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	answer_flags = answer->flags;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+#if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN)
+	/* with kasan we use kmalloc */
 	WARN_ON(!answer_prot->slab);
+#endif
 
 	err = -ENOBUFS;
 	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_INET, GFP_KERNEL, answer_prot, kern);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index b304b882e031..14358a623e88 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -177,7 +177,10 @@ static int inet6_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	answer_flags = answer->flags;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+#if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN)
 	WARN_ON(!answer_prot->slab);
+	/* with kasan we use kmalloc */
+#endif
 
 	err = -ENOBUFS;
 	sk = sk_alloc(net, PF_INET6, GFP_KERNEL, answer_prot, kern);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 99c019879833..1138caaae330 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1265,6 +1265,9 @@ static int __mptcp_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 	/* re-use the csk retrans timer for MPTCP-level retrans */
 	timer_setup(&msk->sk.icsk_retransmit_timer, mptcp_retransmit_timer, 0);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN)
+	sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_RCU_FREE);
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1458,7 +1461,9 @@ struct sock *mptcp_sk_clone(const struct sock *sk,
 		msk->ack_seq = ack_seq;
 	}
 
+#if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN)
 	sock_reset_flag(nsk, SOCK_RCU_FREE);
+#endif
 	/* will be fully established after successful MPC subflow creation */
 	inet_sk_state_store(nsk, TCP_SYN_RECV);
 	bh_unlock_sock(nsk);
@@ -2079,6 +2084,12 @@ static struct inet_protosw mptcp_protosw = {
 	.flags		= INET_PROTOSW_ICSK,
 };
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN)
+#define MPTCP_USE_SLAB		0
+#else
+#define MPTCP_USE_SLAB		1
+#endif
+
 void __init mptcp_proto_init(void)
 {
 	mptcp_prot.h.hashinfo = tcp_prot.h.hashinfo;
@@ -2090,7 +2101,7 @@ void __init mptcp_proto_init(void)
 	mptcp_pm_init();
 	mptcp_token_init();
 
-	if (proto_register(&mptcp_prot, 1) != 0)
+	if (proto_register(&mptcp_prot, MPTCP_USE_SLAB) != 0)
 		panic("Failed to register MPTCP proto.\n");
 
 	inet_register_protosw(&mptcp_protosw);
@@ -2152,7 +2163,7 @@ int __init mptcp_proto_v6_init(void)
 	mptcp_v6_prot.destroy = mptcp_v6_destroy;
 	mptcp_v6_prot.obj_size = sizeof(struct mptcp6_sock);
 
-	err = proto_register(&mptcp_v6_prot, 1);
+	err = proto_register(&mptcp_v6_prot, MPTCP_USE_SLAB);
 	if (err)
 		return err;