diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index af776555ded947983d632864b43d026af9062a89..9c9f35091ef04bb7637c285f21d10368f4819390 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 
 	BSS_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, 0)
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0x10)
 
 	.rel.dyn : AT(ADDR(.rel.dyn) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.rel.dyn*)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 502d0826ecb14c85ad7c6a4f74a438e37b91a20b..5104f3a871e38237b6b1a66b5d5c1e52b83c8881 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2017 SiFive
  */
 
+#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN	16
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
 #include "vmlinux-xip.lds.S"
 #else
@@ -112,8 +114,6 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.srodata*)
 	}
 
-	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0x10)
-
 	. = ALIGN(SECTION_ALIGN);
 	_data = .;