diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/riscv/mm/pageattr.c
index fc5fc4f785c4..e703a9b59fc3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ int set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(struct page *page)
 int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struct page *page)
 {
 	return __set_memory((unsigned long)page_address(page), 1,
-			    PAGE_KERNEL, __pgprot(0));
+			    PAGE_KERNEL, __pgprot(_PAGE_EXEC));
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC