diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/efi.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/efi.c
index 0241592982314471dfd9e28cfc76fd398c1edba5..1aa540350abd31b077f10660f7862aa77e4c819c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/efi.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int __init set_permissions(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
 
 	if (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_RO) {
 		val = pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_WRITE;
-		val = pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_READ;
+		val |= _PAGE_READ;
 		pte = __pte(val);
 	}
 	if (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_XP) {