diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
index 1a85305720e8..9c0511119bad 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/syscall.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
+#include <asm/switch_to.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ static int riscv_fpr_get(struct task_struct *target,
 {
 	struct __riscv_d_ext_state *fstate = &target->thread.fstate;
 
+	if (target == current)
+		fstate_save(current, task_pt_regs(current));
+
 	membuf_write(&to, fstate, offsetof(struct __riscv_d_ext_state, fcsr));
 	membuf_store(&to, fstate->fcsr);
 	return membuf_zero(&to, 4);	// explicitly pad