diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
index 5fd9e8f21a26a814358acb7404c96a805867956c..b81a14494fd865b67d9b6301257ad674870ad7f8 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ clear_bss_done:
 	REG_S a0, (a2)
 
 	/* Initialize page tables and relocate to virtual addresses */
+	la tp, init_task
 	la sp, init_thread_union + THREAD_SIZE
 	mv a0, s1
 	call setup_vm