diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 4c07b9189c86..6681bd6ed2d7 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ config RISCV_DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select ARCH_HAS_SETUP_DMA_OPS
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
+	select DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC if SWIOTLB
 	select DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
 
 config AS_HAS_INSN