diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
index fb03a4482ad6..db44da32701f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm-generic/mman-common.h>
 
 static long riscv_sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 			   unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags,
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ static long riscv_sys_mmap(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
 {
 	if (unlikely(offset & (~PAGE_MASK >> page_shift_offset)))
 		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if ((prot & PROT_WRITE) && (prot & PROT_EXEC))
+		if (unlikely(!(prot & PROT_READ)))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 	return ksys_mmap_pgoff(addr, len, prot, flags, fd,
 			       offset >> (PAGE_SHIFT - page_shift_offset));
 }