diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index f8994caefc70..fb37b0b67efe 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -1465,7 +1465,9 @@ struct execmem_info __init *execmem_arch_setup(void)
 			[EXECMEM_KPROBES] = {
 				.start	= VMALLOC_START,
 				.end	= VMALLOC_END,
-				.pgprot	= PAGE_KERNEL_READ_EXEC,
+				.pgprot	= IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX) ?
+					  PAGE_KERNEL_READ_EXEC :
+					  PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC,
 				.alignment = 1,
 			},
 			[EXECMEM_BPF] = {