diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig b/kernel/Kconfig
index 62713a5c9bb..361fb67f17e 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig
@@ -677,6 +677,13 @@ config POLL
 	  concurrently, which can be either directly triggered or triggered by
 	  the availability of some kernel objects (semaphores and FIFOs).
 
+config MEM_SLAB_POINTER_VALIDATE
+	bool "Validate the memory slab pointer when allocating or freeing"
+	default ASSERT
+	help
+	  This enables additional runtime checks to validate the memory slab
+	  pointer during when allocating or freeing a memory slab.
+
 config MEM_SLAB_TRACE_MAX_UTILIZATION
 	bool "Getting maximum slab utilization"
 	help
diff --git a/kernel/mem_slab.c b/kernel/mem_slab.c
index 45ba08e27cb..7abb61af504 100644
--- a/kernel/mem_slab.c
+++ b/kernel/mem_slab.c
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ out:
 
 static bool slab_ptr_is_good(struct k_mem_slab *slab, const void *ptr)
 {
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MEM_SLAB_POINTER_VALIDATE)) {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	const char *p = ptr;
 	ptrdiff_t offset = p - slab->buffer;