diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index 67ed689a0b1b..0643573f8686 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ static void kasan_memchr(struct kunit *test)
 	ptr = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 
+	OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(size);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test,
 		kasan_ptr_result = memchr(ptr, '1', size + 1));
 
@@ -894,6 +895,7 @@ static void kasan_memcmp(struct kunit *test)
 	KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ptr);
 	memset(arr, 0, sizeof(arr));
 
+	OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(size);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_KASAN_FAIL(test,
 		kasan_int_result = memcmp(ptr, arr, size+1));
 	kfree(ptr);