diff --git a/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn_guarded_impl.c b/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn_guarded_impl.c
index e92ddecf252..3e6bbc2ff57 100644
--- a/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn_guarded_impl.c
+++ b/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn_guarded_impl.c
@@ -92,24 +92,10 @@ typedef struct MemHead {
 #ifdef DEBUG_MEMDUPLINAME
   int need_free_name, pad;
 #endif
-
-#ifdef DEBUG_BACKTRACE
-  void *backtrace[BACKTRACE_SIZE];
-  int backtrace_size;
-#endif
 } MemHead;
 
 typedef MemHead MemHeadAligned;
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_BACKTRACE
-#  if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
-#    include <execinfo.h>
-// Windows is not supported yet.
-//#  elif defined(_MSV_VER)
-//#    include <DbgHelp.h>
-#  endif
-#endif
-
 typedef struct MemTail {
   int tag3, pad;
 } MemTail;
@@ -366,38 +352,6 @@ void *MEM_guarded_recallocN_id(void *vmemh, size_t len, const char *str)
   return newp;
 }
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_BACKTRACE
-#  if defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
-static void make_memhead_backtrace(MemHead *memh)
-{
-  memh->backtrace_size = backtrace(memh->backtrace, BACKTRACE_SIZE);
-}
-
-static void print_memhead_backtrace(MemHead *memh)
-{
-  char **strings;
-  int i;
-
-  strings = backtrace_symbols(memh->backtrace, memh->backtrace_size);
-  for (i = 0; i < memh->backtrace_size; i++) {
-    print_error("  %s\n", strings[i]);
-  }
-
-  free(strings);
-}
-#  else
-static void make_memhead_backtrace(MemHead *memh)
-{
-  (void)memh; /* Ignored. */
-}
-
-static void print_memhead_backtrace(MemHead *memh)
-{
-  (void)memh; /* Ignored. */
-}
-#  endif /* defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) */
-#endif   /* DEBUG_BACKTRACE */
-
 static void make_memhead_header(MemHead *memh, size_t len, const char *str)
 {
   MemTail *memt;
@@ -414,10 +368,6 @@ static void make_memhead_header(MemHead *memh, size_t len, const char *str)
   memh->need_free_name = 0;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_BACKTRACE
-  make_memhead_backtrace(memh);
-#endif
-
   memt = (MemTail *)(((char *)memh) + sizeof(MemHead) + len);
   memt->tag3 = MEMTAG3;
 
@@ -769,7 +719,9 @@ static void MEM_guarded_printmemlist_internal(int pydict)
                   (void *)(membl + 1));
 #endif
 #ifdef DEBUG_BACKTRACE
-      print_memhead_backtrace(membl);
+#  ifdef WITH_ASAN
+      __asan_describe_address(membl);
+#  endif
 #endif
     }
     if (membl->next) {
diff --git a/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn_intern.h b/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn_intern.h
index 3f048a558a8..6ed97f6d264 100644
--- a/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn_intern.h
+++ b/intern/guardedalloc/intern/mallocn_intern.h
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ size_t malloc_usable_size(void *ptr);
 #  define MEM_INLINE static inline
 #endif
 
+/* BEGIN copied from BLI_asan.h */
+
+/* Clang defines this. */
+#ifndef __has_feature
+#  define __has_feature(x) 0
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(__SANITIZE_ADDRESS__) || __has_feature(address_sanitizer)) && \
+    (!defined(_MSC_VER) || _MSC_VER > 1929) /* MSVC 2019 and below doesn't ship ASAN headers. */
+#  include "sanitizer/asan_interface.h"
+#  define WITH_ASAN
+#endif
+
+/* END copied from BLI_asan.h */
+
 #define IS_POW2(a) (((a) & ((a)-1)) == 0)
 
 /* Extra padding which needs to be applied on MemHead to make it aligned. */