diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index fb6076ca98d2..31a636085ac8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  *              Thomas Gleixner, Mike Kravetz
  */
 
+#include <linux/kasan.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/nmi.h>
@@ -5191,6 +5192,8 @@ void init_idle(struct task_struct *idle, int cpu)
 	idle->state = TASK_RUNNING;
 	idle->se.exec_start = sched_clock();
 
+	kasan_unpoison_task_stack(idle);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	/*
 	 * Its possible that init_idle() gets called multiple times on a task,