diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
index 32336e8a17cb..a393d5035c54 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sections.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ extern char _start_kernel[];
 extern char __init_data_begin[], __init_data_end[];
 extern char __init_text_begin[], __init_text_end[];
 extern char __alt_start[], __alt_end[];
+extern char __exittext_begin[], __exittext_end[];
 
 static inline bool is_va_kernel_text(uintptr_t va)
 {
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
index e099961453cc..160e5c1caa9c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/patch.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/ftrace.h>
 #include <asm/patch.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 struct patch_insn {
 	void *addr;
@@ -23,6 +24,14 @@ struct patch_insn {
 int riscv_patch_in_stop_machine = false;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
+
+static inline bool is_kernel_exittext(uintptr_t addr)
+{
+	return system_state < SYSTEM_RUNNING &&
+		addr >= (uintptr_t)__exittext_begin &&
+		addr < (uintptr_t)__exittext_end;
+}
+
 /*
  * The fix_to_virt(, idx) needs a const value (not a dynamic variable of
  * reg-a0) or BUILD_BUG_ON failed with "idx >= __end_of_fixed_addresses".
@@ -33,7 +42,7 @@ static __always_inline void *patch_map(void *addr, const unsigned int fixmap)
 	uintptr_t uintaddr = (uintptr_t) addr;
 	struct page *page;
 
-	if (core_kernel_text(uintaddr))
+	if (core_kernel_text(uintaddr) || is_kernel_exittext(uintaddr))
 		page = phys_to_page(__pa_symbol(addr));
 	else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX))
 		page = vmalloc_to_page(addr);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index 75e0fa8a700a..24a2fdd3be6a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ SECTIONS
 	HEAD_TEXT_SECTION
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
 	/* we have to discard exit text and such at runtime, not link time */
+	__exittext_begin = .;
 	.exit.text :
 	{
 		EXIT_TEXT
 	}
+	__exittext_end = .;
 
 	.text : {
 		_text = .;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4e6c88aa4d87..d478e063b878 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		__soc_builtin_dtb_table_end = .;
 	}
 	/* we have to discard exit text and such at runtime, not link time */
+	__exittext_begin = .;
 	.exit.text :
 	{
 		EXIT_TEXT
 	}
+	__exittext_end = .;
 
 	__init_text_end = .;
 	. = ALIGN(SECTION_ALIGN);