diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 54dbbb1d4b36..b1760d615bb7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ config THREAD_SHIFT
 	range 13 15
 	default "15" if PPC_256K_PAGES
 	default "14" if PPC64
-	default "14" if KASAN
 	default "13"
 	help
 	  Used to define the stack size. The default is almost always what you
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 125328d1b980..af58f1ed3952 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_VMAP_STACK) && CONFIG_THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT
+#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN
+#define MIN_THREAD_SHIFT	(CONFIG_THREAD_SHIFT + 1)
+#else
+#define MIN_THREAD_SHIFT	CONFIG_THREAD_SHIFT
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_VMAP_STACK) && MIN_THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT
 #define THREAD_SHIFT		PAGE_SHIFT
 #else
-#define THREAD_SHIFT		CONFIG_THREAD_SHIFT
+#define THREAD_SHIFT		MIN_THREAD_SHIFT
 #endif
 
 #define THREAD_SIZE		(1 << THREAD_SHIFT)