diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
index 50c089730e57..7bdbf3f608a4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ static void __init parse_dtb(void)
 			pr_info("Machine model: %s\n", name);
 			dump_stack_set_arch_desc("%s (DT)", name);
 		}
-		return;
+	} else {
+		pr_err("No DTB passed to the kernel\n");
 	}
 
-	pr_err("No DTB passed to the kernel\n");
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
 	strscpy(boot_command_line, CONFIG_CMDLINE, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	pr_info("Forcing kernel command line to: %s\n", boot_command_line);