diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
index 571556bb9261a9..5d3f2fbeb33c7b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ static long riscv_sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 	if (unlikely(offset & (~PAGE_MASK >> page_shift_offset)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (unlikely((prot & PROT_WRITE) && !(prot & PROT_READ)))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return ksys_mmap_pgoff(addr, len, prot, flags, fd,
 			       offset >> (PAGE_SHIFT - page_shift_offset));
 }
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c b/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
index f2fbd1400b7c9a..d86f7cebd4a7ef 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/fault.c
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ static inline bool access_error(unsigned long cause, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		}
 		break;
 	case EXC_LOAD_PAGE_FAULT:
-		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_READ)) {
+		/* Write implies read */
+		if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_WRITE))) {
 			return true;
 		}
 		break;