diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index 400507f1e5db..28c7c123a185 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -449,8 +449,20 @@ static char global_array[10];
 
 static void kasan_global_oob(struct kunit *test)
 {
-	volatile int i = 3;
-	char *p = &global_array[ARRAY_SIZE(global_array) + i];
+	/*
+	 * Deliberate out-of-bounds access. To prevent CONFIG_UBSAN_LOCAL_BOUNDS
+	 * from failing here and panicing the kernel, access the array via a
+	 * volatile pointer, which will prevent the compiler from being able to
+	 * determine the array bounds.
+	 *
+	 * This access uses a volatile pointer to char (char *volatile) rather
+	 * than the more conventional pointer to volatile char (volatile char *)
+	 * because we want to prevent the compiler from making inferences about
+	 * the pointer itself (i.e. its array bounds), not the data that it
+	 * refers to.
+	 */
+	char *volatile array = global_array;
+	char *p = &array[ARRAY_SIZE(global_array) + 3];
 
 	/* Only generic mode instruments globals. */
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC)) {
@@ -479,8 +491,9 @@ static void ksize_unpoisons_memory(struct kunit *test)
 static void kasan_stack_oob(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	char stack_array[10];
-	volatile int i = OOB_TAG_OFF;
-	char *p = &stack_array[ARRAY_SIZE(stack_array) + i];
+	/* See comment in kasan_global_oob. */
+	char *volatile array = stack_array;
+	char *p = &array[ARRAY_SIZE(stack_array) + OOB_TAG_OFF];
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_STACK)) {
 		kunit_info(test, "CONFIG_KASAN_STACK is not enabled");
@@ -494,7 +507,9 @@ static void kasan_alloca_oob_left(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	volatile int i = 10;
 	char alloca_array[i];
-	char *p = alloca_array - 1;
+	/* See comment in kasan_global_oob. */
+	char *volatile array = alloca_array;
+	char *p = array - 1;
 
 	/* Only generic mode instruments dynamic allocas. */
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC)) {
@@ -514,7 +529,9 @@ static void kasan_alloca_oob_right(struct kunit *test)
 {
 	volatile int i = 10;
 	char alloca_array[i];
-	char *p = alloca_array + i;
+	/* See comment in kasan_global_oob. */
+	char *volatile array = alloca_array;
+	char *p = array + i;
 
 	/* Only generic mode instruments dynamic allocas. */
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC)) {