diff --git a/Documentation/guides/kasan.rst b/Documentation/guides/kasan.rst
index 9a40346bb88..e59202e3865 100644
--- a/Documentation/guides/kasan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/guides/kasan.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Usage
 To enable Generic KASAN, configure the kernel with::
 
     CONFIG_MM_KASAN=y
-    CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL=y
+    CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL=y
     CONFIG_MM_KASAN_GENERIC=y
 
 If you want to enable global variable out of bounds detection,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ you can add configurations based on the above::
 To enable Software Tag-Based KASAN, configure the kernel with::
 
     CONFIG_MM_KASAN=y
-    CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL=y
+    CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL=y
     CONFIG_MM_KASAN_SW_TAGS=y
 
 Implementation details
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/cmake/armclang.cmake b/arch/arm/src/cmake/armclang.cmake
index 0f32644b661..026d6a82254 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/cmake/armclang.cmake
+++ b/arch/arm/src/cmake/armclang.cmake
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ if(CONFIG_MM_UBSAN_TRAP_ON_ERROR)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error)
 endif()
 
-if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL)
+if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=kernel-address)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/cmake/clang.cmake b/arch/arm/src/cmake/clang.cmake
index 9d9cf582812..f1c58c3e6a1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/cmake/clang.cmake
+++ b/arch/arm/src/cmake/clang.cmake
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if(CONFIG_MM_UBSAN_TRAP_ON_ERROR)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error)
 endif()
 
-if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL)
+if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=kernel-address)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/cmake/gcc.cmake b/arch/arm/src/cmake/gcc.cmake
index 914ec7ef6af..cfa25c600ba 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/cmake/gcc.cmake
+++ b/arch/arm/src/cmake/gcc.cmake
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ if(CONFIG_MM_UBSAN_TRAP_ON_ERROR)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error)
 endif()
 
-if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL)
+if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=kernel-address)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/cmake/ghs.cmake b/arch/arm/src/cmake/ghs.cmake
index b1dc5f172ee..ce4a907373a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/cmake/ghs.cmake
+++ b/arch/arm/src/cmake/ghs.cmake
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ if(CONFIG_MM_UBSAN_TRAP_ON_ERROR)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error)
 endif()
 
-if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL)
+if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=kernel-address)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/common/Toolchain.defs b/arch/arm/src/common/Toolchain.defs
index 2ddcf51084d..7e9533fb96f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/common/Toolchain.defs
+++ b/arch/arm/src/common/Toolchain.defs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_UBSAN_TRAP_ON_ERROR),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/Toolchain.defs b/arch/arm64/src/Toolchain.defs
index 948be91c990..9282ddc9718 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/Toolchain.defs
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/Toolchain.defs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_UBSAN_TRAP_ON_ERROR),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake b/arch/arm64/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
index f6a9c53914a..f86506374e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if(CONFIG_MM_UBSAN_TRAP_ON_ERROR)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error)
 endif()
 
-if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL)
+if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=kernel-address)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/arch/risc-v/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake b/arch/risc-v/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
index e3c82031fbf..a710288bb97 100644
--- a/arch/risc-v/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
+++ b/arch/risc-v/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ if(CONFIG_RISCV_TOOLCHAIN STREQUAL GNU_RVG)
 
 endif()
 
-if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL)
+if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=kernel-address)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/arch/risc-v/src/common/Toolchain.defs b/arch/risc-v/src/common/Toolchain.defs
index b5f5be1c311..3fe0ab7a407 100644
--- a/arch/risc-v/src/common/Toolchain.defs
+++ b/arch/risc-v/src/common/Toolchain.defs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ else
   endif
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/sim/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake b/arch/sim/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
index 0674a0b1c3c..c4c0cff080a 100644
--- a/arch/sim/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
+++ b/arch/sim/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if(CONFIG_SIM_ASAN)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=pointer-compare)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=pointer-subtract)
   add_link_options(-fsanitize=address)
-elseif(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL)
+elseif(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=kernel-address)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/arch/tricore/src/common/ToolchainGnuc.defs b/arch/tricore/src/common/ToolchainGnuc.defs
index 450390a4c0b..fdfc4724bec 100644
--- a/arch/tricore/src/common/ToolchainGnuc.defs
+++ b/arch/tricore/src/common/ToolchainGnuc.defs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_UBSAN_TRAP_ON_ERROR),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/src/common/Toolchain.defs b/arch/x86/src/common/Toolchain.defs
index 4f8a6da7690..360271b71bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/src/common/Toolchain.defs
+++ b/arch/x86/src/common/Toolchain.defs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ NM = $(CROSSDEV)nm
 OBJCOPY = $(CROSSDEV)objcopy
 OBJDUMP = $(CROSSDEV)objdump
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/src/common/Toolchain.defs b/arch/x86_64/src/common/Toolchain.defs
index a31552e70d0..5661577374a 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/src/common/Toolchain.defs
+++ b/arch/x86_64/src/common/Toolchain.defs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBCXX),y)
   CXXFLAGS += -D_LIBCPP_DISABLE_AVAILABILITY
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_GLOBAL),y)
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake b/arch/xtensa/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
index 7367827a074..9823706b3f0 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
+++ b/arch/xtensa/src/cmake/Toolchain.cmake
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ add_compile_options(-mlongcalls)
 
 add_compile_options(-mtext-section-literals)
 
-if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL)
+if(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL)
   add_compile_options(-fsanitize=kernel-address)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/src/lx6/Toolchain.defs b/arch/xtensa/src/lx6/Toolchain.defs
index 8abbf82db9c..18b713d6dc2 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/src/lx6/Toolchain.defs
+++ b/arch/xtensa/src/lx6/Toolchain.defs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ endif
 
 ARCHCPUFLAGS = -mlongcalls
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/src/lx7/Toolchain.defs b/arch/xtensa/src/lx7/Toolchain.defs
index 18f1297fd94..3328478542b 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/src/lx7/Toolchain.defs
+++ b/arch/xtensa/src/lx7/Toolchain.defs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ endif
 
 ARCHCPUFLAGS = -mlongcalls
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 
diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs b/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
index d8f7c5451e6..c56772dc043 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SIM_ASAN),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=address -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=pointer-compare -fsanitize=pointer-subtract
-else ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_ALL),y)
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL),y)
   ARCHOPTIMIZATION += -fsanitize=kernel-address
 endif
 
diff --git a/libs/libc/machine/arch_libc.c b/libs/libc/machine/arch_libc.c
index 023ea07060e..af4017b2077 100644
--- a/libs/libc/machine/arch_libc.c
+++ b/libs/libc/machine/arch_libc.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ size_t ARCH_LIBCFUN(strnlen)(FAR const char *s, size_t maxlen);
 FAR char *ARCH_LIBCFUN(strrchr)(FAR const char *s, int c);
 #endif
 
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
 extern void __asan_loadN(FAR void *addr, size_t size);
 #    endif
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ extern void __asan_storeN(FAR void *addr, size_t size);
 
 FAR void *memchr(FAR const void *s, int c, size_t n)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
   __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s, n);
 #    endif
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ FAR void *memchr(FAR const void *s, int c, size_t n)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_MEMCPY
 FAR void *memcpy(FAR void *dest, FAR const void *src, FAR size_t n)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_WRITES_CHECK
   __asan_storeN(dest, n);
 #    endif
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ FAR void *memcpy(FAR void *dest, FAR const void *src, FAR size_t n)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_MEMCMP
 int memcmp(FAR const void *s1, FAR const void *s2, size_t n)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
     __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s1, n);
     __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s2, n);
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int memcmp(FAR const void *s1, FAR const void *s2, size_t n)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_MEMMOVE
 FAR void *memmove(FAR void *dest, FAR const void *src, FAR size_t n)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_WRITES_CHECK
   __asan_storeN(dest, n);
 #    endif
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ FAR void *memmove(FAR void *dest, FAR const void *src, FAR size_t n)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_MEMSET
 FAR void *memset(FAR void *s, int c, FAR size_t n)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_WRITES_CHECK
   __asan_storeN(s, n);
 #    endif
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ FAR void *memset(FAR void *s, int c, FAR size_t n)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_STRCMP
 int strcmp(FAR const char *s1, FAR const char *s2)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
   __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s1, ARCH_LIBCFUN(strlen)(s1) + 1);
   __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s2, ARCH_LIBCFUN(strlen)(s2) + 1);
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int strcmp(FAR const char *s1, FAR const char *s2)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_STRCPY
 FAR char *strcpy(FAR char *dest, FAR const char *src)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_WRITES_CHECK
   __asan_storeN(dest, ARCH_LIBCFUN(strlen)(src) + 1);
 #    endif
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ FAR char *strcpy(FAR char *dest, FAR const char *src)
 size_t strlen(FAR const char *s)
 {
   size_t ret = ARCH_LIBCFUN(strlen)(s);
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
   __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s, ret + 1);
   #  endif
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ size_t strlen(FAR const char *s)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_STRNCPY
 FAR char *strncpy(FAR char *dest, FAR const char *src, size_t n)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_WRITES_CHECK
   __asan_storeN(dest, n);
 #    endif
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ FAR char *strncpy(FAR char *dest, FAR const char *src, size_t n)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_STRCHR
 FAR char *strchr(FAR const char *s, int c)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
   __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s, ARCH_LIBCFUN(strlen)(s) + 1);
 #    endif
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ FAR char *strchr(FAR const char *s, int c)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_STRCHNUL
 FAR char *strchrnul(FAR const char *s, int c);
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
   __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s, ARCH_LIBCFUN(strlen)(s) + 1);
 #    endif
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ FAR char *strchrnul(FAR const char *s, int c);
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_STRNCMP
 int strncmp(FAR const char *s1, FAR const char *s2, size_t n)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
   size_t size_s1 = ARCH_LIBCFUN(strnlen)(s1, n);
   size_t size_s2 = ARCH_LIBCFUN(strnlen)(s2, n);
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ int strncmp(FAR const char *s1, FAR const char *s2, size_t n)
 size_t strnlen(FAR const char *s, size_t maxlen)
 {
   size_t ret = ARCH_LIBCFUN(strnlen)(s, maxlen);
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
   __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s, ret);
 #    endif
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ size_t strnlen(FAR const char *s, size_t maxlen)
 #ifdef CONFIG_LIBC_ARCH_STRRCHR
 FAR char *strrchr(FAR const char *s, int c)
 {
-#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN
+#  ifdef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 #    ifndef CONFIG_MM_KASAN_DISABLE_READS_CHECK
   __asan_loadN((FAR void *)s, ARCH_LIBCFUN(strlen)(s) + 1);
 #    endif
diff --git a/mm/kasan/Kconfig b/mm/kasan/Kconfig
index 4a6c9764a8f..f80cfb303e7 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/kasan/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ config MM_KASAN
 		bugs in native code. After turn on this option, Please
 		add -fsanitize=kernel-address to CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS too.
 
+config MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
+    bool
+
 if MM_KASAN
 
 choice
@@ -24,20 +27,23 @@ config MM_KASAN_NONE
 
 config MM_KASAN_GENERIC
 	bool "KAsan generic mode"
+	select MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 	---help---
 		KASan generic mode that does not require hardware support at all
 
 config MM_KASAN_SW_TAGS
 	bool "KAsan SW tags"
 	select ARM64_TBI
+	select MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 	depends on ARCH_ARM64
 	---help---
 		KAsan based on software tags
 
 endchoice
 
-config MM_KASAN_ALL
+config MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL
 	bool "Enable KASan for the entire image"
+	depends on MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT
 	default y
 	---help---
 		This option activates address sanitizer for the entire image.
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@ config MM_KASAN_SKIP_ZERO_TAGS
 
 config MM_KASAN_GLOBAL
 	bool "Enable global data check"
-	depends on MM_KASAN_ALL
+	depends on MM_KASAN_INSTRUMENT_ALL
 	default n
 	---help---
 		This option enables KASan global data check.