diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
index 9c0194f176fc0..571556bb9261a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ 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;
+	if (unlikely((prot & PROT_WRITE) && !(prot & PROT_READ)))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return ksys_mmap_pgoff(addr, len, prot, flags, fd,
 			       offset >> (PAGE_SHIFT - page_shift_offset));