diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
index d3f335ffc751..83ec4a556c19 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst
@@ -447,11 +447,10 @@ When a test fails due to a failed ``kmalloc``::
 
 When a test fails due to a missing KASAN report::
 
-        # kmalloc_double_kzfree: EXPECTATION FAILED at lib/test_kasan.c:629
-        Expected kasan_data->report_expected == kasan_data->report_found, but
-        kasan_data->report_expected == 1
-        kasan_data->report_found == 0
-        not ok 28 - kmalloc_double_kzfree
+        # kmalloc_double_kzfree: EXPECTATION FAILED at lib/test_kasan.c:974
+        KASAN failure expected in "kfree_sensitive(ptr)", but none occurred
+        not ok 44 - kmalloc_double_kzfree
+
 
 At the end the cumulative status of all KASAN tests is printed. On success::
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
index b1678a61e6a7..18cd5ec2f469 100644
--- a/include/linux/kasan.h
+++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ struct task_struct;
 
 /* kasan_data struct is used in KUnit tests for KASAN expected failures */
 struct kunit_kasan_expectation {
-	bool report_expected;
 	bool report_found;
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/test_kasan.c b/lib/test_kasan.c
index cacbbbdef768..44e08f4d9c52 100644
--- a/lib/test_kasan.c
+++ b/lib/test_kasan.c
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ static int kasan_test_init(struct kunit *test)
 	multishot = kasan_save_enable_multi_shot();
 	kasan_set_tagging_report_once(false);
 	fail_data.report_found = false;
-	fail_data.report_expected = false;
 	kunit_add_named_resource(test, NULL, NULL, &resource,
 					"kasan_data", &fail_data);
 	return 0;
@@ -94,20 +93,20 @@ static void kasan_test_exit(struct kunit *test)
 	    !kasan_async_mode_enabled())				\
 		migrate_disable();					\
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(test, READ_ONCE(fail_data.report_found));	\
-	WRITE_ONCE(fail_data.report_expected, true);			\
 	barrier();							\
 	expression;							\
 	barrier();							\
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test,						\
-			READ_ONCE(fail_data.report_expected),		\
-			READ_ONCE(fail_data.report_found));		\
+	if (!READ_ONCE(fail_data.report_found)) {			\
+		KUNIT_FAIL(test, KUNIT_SUBTEST_INDENT "KASAN failure "	\
+				"expected in \"" #expression		\
+				 "\", but none occurred");		\
+	}								\
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KASAN_HW_TAGS)) {				\
 		if (READ_ONCE(fail_data.report_found))			\
 			kasan_enable_tagging_sync();			\
 		migrate_enable();					\
 	}								\
 	WRITE_ONCE(fail_data.report_found, false);			\
-	WRITE_ONCE(fail_data.report_expected, false);			\
 } while (0)
 
 #define KASAN_TEST_NEEDS_CONFIG_ON(test, config) do {			\