diff --git a/linuxkm/Kbuild b/linuxkm/Kbuild
index ab0399131..93c332fe9 100644
--- a/linuxkm/Kbuild
+++ b/linuxkm/Kbuild
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ ifeq "$(ENABLED_LINUXKM_PIE)" "yes"
     # "__stack_chk_fail" from the wolfCrypt container.
     PIE_FLAGS := -fPIE -fno-stack-protector -fno-toplevel-reorder
     PIE_SUPPORT_FLAGS := -DUSE_WOLFSSL_LINUXKM_PIE_REDIRECT_TABLE
+    # the kernel sanitizers generate external references to
+    # __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds(), __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds(), etc.
+    KASAN_SANITIZE := n
+    UBSAN_SANITIZE := n
     ifeq "$(KERNEL_ARCH_X86)" "yes"
         PIE_FLAGS += -mcmodel=small
         ifeq "$(CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE)" "y"