diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
index 6c316093a1e5..977ee6181dab 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
-#define __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
 
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 8062996c2dfd..d95fbf5846b0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #endif /* __LP64__ */
 
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE3
+#define __ARCH_WANT_MEMFD_SECRET
 
 #include <asm-generic/unistd.h>