diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c
index 24b3f57d467f..aff93090c4ef 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/suspend.c
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ void suspend_restore_csrs(struct suspend_context *context)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 	if (riscv_has_extension_unlikely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSTC)) {
-		csr_write(CSR_STIMECMP, context->stimecmp);
 #if __riscv_xlen < 64
+		csr_write(CSR_STIMECMP, ULONG_MAX);
 		csr_write(CSR_STIMECMPH, context->stimecmph);
 #endif
+		csr_write(CSR_STIMECMP, context->stimecmp);
 	}
 
 	csr_write(CSR_SATP, context->satp);