diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
index ec1852f47b28..17ed4a4fbe5c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ static int riscv_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (per_cpu(misaligned_access_speed, cpu) != RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN)
 		goto exit;
 
+	check_unaligned_access_emulated(NULL);
 	buf = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, MISALIGNED_BUFFER_ORDER);
 	if (!buf) {
 		pr_warn("Allocation failure, not measuring misaligned performance\n");