diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
index 2239c28981bc..2b5adf01c550 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static __always_inline void *patch_map(void *addr, const unsigned int fixmap)
 		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX))
 			return addr;
 		phys = __pa_symbol(addr);
-	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX)) {
+	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EXECMEM)) {
 		struct page *page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
 
 		BUG_ON(!page);