diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
index bd6ca7d769da..7818e1d32622 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ static u64 hwprobe_vec_misaligned(const struct cpumask *cpus)
 static void hwprobe_one_pair(struct riscv_hwprobe *pair,
 			     const struct cpumask *cpus)
 {
+	pair->value = 0;
+
 	switch (pair->key) {
 	case RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MVENDORID:
 	case RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MARCHID:
@@ -331,17 +333,14 @@ static void hwprobe_one_pair(struct riscv_hwprobe *pair,
 		break;
 
 	case RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOZ_BLOCK_SIZE:
-		pair->value = 0;
 		if (hwprobe_ext0_has(cpus, RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICBOZ))
 			pair->value = riscv_cboz_block_size;
 		break;
 	case RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOM_BLOCK_SIZE:
-		pair->value = 0;
 		if (hwprobe_ext0_has(cpus, RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICBOM))
 			pair->value = riscv_cbom_block_size;
 		break;
 	case RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_ZICBOP_BLOCK_SIZE:
-		pair->value = 0;
 		if (hwprobe_ext0_has(cpus, RISCV_HWPROBE_EXT_ZICBOP))
 			pair->value = riscv_cbop_block_size;
 		break;