diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index cad31864fd0f..d77d416dcd8f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP if HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	select BINFMT_FLAT_NO_DATA_START_OFFSET if !MMU
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT if MMU
-	select CLINT_TIMER if !MMU
+	select CLINT_TIMER if RISCV_M_MODE
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select CPU_PM if CPU_IDLE || HIBERNATION || SUSPEND
@@ -230,8 +230,12 @@ config ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MAX
 
 # set if we run in machine mode, cleared if we run in supervisor mode
 config RISCV_M_MODE
-	bool
-	default !MMU
+	bool "Build a kernel that runs in machine mode"
+	depends on !MMU
+	default y
+	help
+	  Select this option if you want to run the kernel in M-mode,
+	  without the assistance of any other firmware.
 
 # set if we are running in S-mode and can use SBI calls
 config RISCV_SBI
@@ -248,8 +252,9 @@ config MMU
 
 config PAGE_OFFSET
 	hex
-	default 0xC0000000 if 32BIT && MMU
-	default 0x80000000 if !MMU
+	default 0x80000000 if !MMU && RISCV_M_MODE
+	default 0x80200000 if !MMU
+	default 0xc0000000 if 32BIT
 	default 0xff60000000000000 if 64BIT
 
 config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
@@ -597,7 +602,6 @@ config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_VECTOR_CRYPTO
 config RISCV_ISA_ZBB
 	bool "Zbb extension support for bit manipulation instructions"
 	depends on TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZBB
-	depends on MMU
 	depends on RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
 	default y
 	help
@@ -629,7 +633,6 @@ config RISCV_ISA_ZICBOM
 
 config RISCV_ISA_ZICBOZ
 	bool "Zicboz extension support for faster zeroing of memory"
-	depends on MMU
 	depends on RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
 	default y
 	help
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
index 2947423b5082..115ac98b8d72 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ typedef struct page *pgtable_t;
 #define PTE_FMT "%08lx"
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && defined(CONFIG_MMU)
 /*
  * We override this value as its generic definition uses __pa too early in
  * the boot process (before kernel_map.va_pa_offset is set).
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 97fcde30e247..58fd7b70b903 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_swp_clear_exclusive(pte_t pte)
 #define PAGE_SHARED		__pgprot(0)
 #define PAGE_KERNEL		__pgprot(0)
 #define swapper_pg_dir		NULL
-#define TASK_SIZE		0xffffffffUL
+#define TASK_SIZE		_AC(-1, UL)
 #define VMALLOC_START		_AC(0, UL)
 #define VMALLOC_END		TASK_SIZE
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index fe8e159394d8..968761843203 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static void __init setup_bootmem(void)
 	 * In 64-bit, any use of __va/__pa before this point is wrong as we
 	 * did not know the start of DRAM before.
 	 */
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT))
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMU))
 		kernel_map.va_pa_offset = PAGE_OFFSET - phys_ram_base;
 
 	/*