diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 0384fbbdc28d..cf66277b6c43 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ ENTRY(__switch_to)
 	@ are using KASAN
 	mov_l	r2, KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
 	add	r2, r2, ip, lsr #KASAN_SHADOW_SCALE_SHIFT
-	ldr	r2, [r2]
+	ldrb	r2, [r2]
 #endif
 #endif