diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
index d811b3d7d2a15e..96c9d56e551010 100644
--- a/include/linux/kasan.h
+++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static inline void kasan_unpoison_task_stack(struct task_struct *task) {}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC
 
-size_t kasan_metadata_size(struct kmem_cache *cache);
+size_t kasan_metadata_size(struct kmem_cache *cache, bool in_object);
 slab_flags_t kasan_never_merge(void);
 void kasan_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *cache, unsigned int *size,
 			slab_flags_t *flags);
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ void kasan_record_aux_stack_noalloc(void *ptr);
 #else /* CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC */
 
 /* Tag-based KASAN modes do not use per-object metadata. */
-static inline size_t kasan_metadata_size(struct kmem_cache *cache)
+static inline size_t kasan_metadata_size(struct kmem_cache *cache,
+						bool in_object)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/kasan/generic.c b/mm/kasan/generic.c
index d8b5590f9484bb..b076f597a37811 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/generic.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/generic.c
@@ -450,15 +450,22 @@ void kasan_init_object_meta(struct kmem_cache *cache, const void *object)
 		__memset(alloc_meta, 0, sizeof(*alloc_meta));
 }
 
-size_t kasan_metadata_size(struct kmem_cache *cache)
+size_t kasan_metadata_size(struct kmem_cache *cache, bool in_object)
 {
+	struct kasan_cache *info = &cache->kasan_info;
+
 	if (!kasan_requires_meta())
 		return 0;
-	return (cache->kasan_info.alloc_meta_offset ?
-		sizeof(struct kasan_alloc_meta) : 0) +
-		((cache->kasan_info.free_meta_offset &&
-		  cache->kasan_info.free_meta_offset != KASAN_NO_FREE_META) ?
-		 sizeof(struct kasan_free_meta) : 0);
+
+	if (in_object)
+		return (info->free_meta_offset ?
+			0 : sizeof(struct kasan_free_meta));
+	else
+		return (info->alloc_meta_offset ?
+			sizeof(struct kasan_alloc_meta) : 0) +
+			((info->free_meta_offset &&
+			info->free_meta_offset != KASAN_NO_FREE_META) ?
+			sizeof(struct kasan_free_meta) : 0);
 }
 
 static void __kasan_record_aux_stack(void *addr, bool can_alloc)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index ecc44067625cc4..b81a4bba1b738f 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ static void print_trailer(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, u8 *p)
 	if (slub_debug_orig_size(s))
 		off += sizeof(unsigned int);
 
-	off += kasan_metadata_size(s);
+	off += kasan_metadata_size(s, false);
 
 	if (off != size_from_object(s))
 		/* Beginning of the filler is the free pointer */
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int check_pad_bytes(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slab *slab, u8 *p)
 			off += sizeof(unsigned int);
 	}
 
-	off += kasan_metadata_size(s);
+	off += kasan_metadata_size(s, false);
 
 	if (size_from_object(s) == off)
 		return 1;