diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index baf60fc350a4..c1abbc876e5b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE if 64BIT
 	select BINFMT_FLAT_NO_DATA_START_OFFSET if !MMU
+	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT if MMU
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select CLINT_TIMER if !MMU
 	select COMMON_CLK
diff --git a/scripts/sorttable.c b/scripts/sorttable.c
index 0ef3abfc4a51..f355869c65cd 100644
--- a/scripts/sorttable.c
+++ b/scripts/sorttable.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ static int do_file(char const *const fname, void *addr)
 	case EM_ARM:
 	case EM_MICROBLAZE:
 	case EM_MIPS:
+	case EM_RISCV:
 	case EM_XTENSA:
 		break;
 	default: