diff --git a/mm/kasan/report.c b/mm/kasan/report.c
index 0b6c8a14f0ea..9286ff6ae1a7 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/report.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/report.c
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(report_lock);
 
 static void start_report(unsigned long *flags, bool sync)
 {
+	/* Respect the /proc/sys/kernel/traceoff_on_warning interface. */
+	disable_trace_on_warning();
 	/* Update status of the currently running KASAN test. */
 	update_kunit_status(sync);
 	/* Make sure we don't end up in loop. */
@@ -421,7 +423,6 @@ static void __kasan_report(unsigned long addr, size_t size, bool is_write,
 	void *untagged_addr;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	disable_trace_on_warning();
 	start_report(&flags, true);
 
 	tagged_addr = (void *)addr;