diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index bc74afdbf31e..e026b2d0a5a4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ PHONY += vdso_install
 vdso_install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/riscv/kernel/vdso $@
 
+prepare: vdso_prepare
+vdso_prepare: prepare0
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/riscv/kernel/vdso include/generated/vdso-offsets.h
+
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL),y)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE)$(CONFIG_SOC_CANAAN),yy)
 KBUILD_IMAGE := $(boot)/loader.bin
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h
index 1453a2f563bc..d8d003c2b5a3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h
@@ -9,25 +9,15 @@
 #define _ASM_RISCV_VDSO_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <generated/vdso-offsets.h>
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
 struct vdso_data {
 };
 #endif
 
-/*
- * The VDSO symbols are mapped into Linux so we can just use regular symbol
- * addressing to get their offsets in userspace.  The symbols are mapped at an
- * offset of 0, but since the linker must support setting weak undefined
- * symbols to the absolute address 0 it also happens to support other low
- * addresses even when the code model suggests those low addresses would not
- * otherwise be availiable.
- */
 #define VDSO_SYMBOL(base, name)							\
-({										\
-	extern const char __vdso_##name[];					\
-	(void __user *)((unsigned long)(base) + __vdso_##name);			\
-})
+	(void __user *)((unsigned long)(base) + __vdso_##name##_offset)
 
 asmlinkage long sys_riscv_flush_icache(uintptr_t, uintptr_t, uintptr_t);
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index 30a5335bd317..f2e065671e4d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ ifneq ($(c-gettimeofday-y),)
 endif
 
 # Build rules
-targets := $(obj-vdso) vdso.so vdso.so.dbg vdso.lds vdso-syms.S
+targets := $(obj-vdso) vdso.so vdso.so.dbg vdso.lds
 obj-vdso := $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(obj-vdso))
 
-obj-y += vdso.o vdso-syms.o
+obj-y += vdso.o
 CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds += -P -C -U$(ARCH)
 
 # Disable -pg to prevent insert call site
@@ -44,20 +44,22 @@ $(obj)/vdso.o: $(obj)/vdso.so
 # link rule for the .so file, .lds has to be first
 $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg: $(obj)/vdso.lds $(obj-vdso) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,vdsold)
-LDFLAGS_vdso.so.dbg = -shared -s -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
+LDFLAGS_vdso.so.dbg = -shared -S -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
 	--build-id=sha1 --hash-style=both --eh-frame-hdr
 
-# We also create a special relocatable object that should mirror the symbol
-# table and layout of the linked DSO. With ld --just-symbols we can then
-# refer to these symbols in the kernel code rather than hand-coded addresses.
-$(obj)/vdso-syms.S: $(obj)/vdso.so FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,so2s)
-
 # strip rule for the .so file
 $(obj)/%.so: OBJCOPYFLAGS := -S
 $(obj)/%.so: $(obj)/%.so.dbg FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
+# Generate VDSO offsets using helper script
+gen-vdsosym := $(srctree)/$(src)/gen_vdso_offsets.sh
+quiet_cmd_vdsosym = VDSOSYM $@
+	cmd_vdsosym = $(NM) $< | $(gen-vdsosym) | LC_ALL=C sort > $@
+
+include/generated/vdso-offsets.h: $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,vdsosym)
+
 # actual build commands
 # The DSO images are built using a special linker script
 # Make sure only to export the intended __vdso_xxx symbol offsets.
@@ -66,11 +68,6 @@ quiet_cmd_vdsold = VDSOLD  $@
                    $(OBJCOPY) $(patsubst %, -G __vdso_%, $(vdso-syms)) $@.tmp $@ && \
                    rm $@.tmp
 
-# Extracts symbol offsets from the VDSO, converting them into an assembly file
-# that contains the same symbols at the same offsets.
-quiet_cmd_so2s = SO2S    $@
-      cmd_so2s = $(NM) -D $< | $(srctree)/$(src)/so2s.sh > $@
-
 # install commands for the unstripped file
 quiet_cmd_vdso_install = INSTALL $@
       cmd_vdso_install = cp $(obj)/$@.dbg $(MODLIB)/vdso/$@
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/gen_vdso_offsets.sh b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/gen_vdso_offsets.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..c2e5613f3495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/gen_vdso_offsets.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+LC_ALL=C
+sed -n -e 's/^[0]\+\(0[0-9a-fA-F]*\) . \(__vdso_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)$/\#define \2_offset\t0x\1/p'
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/so2s.sh b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/so2s.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e64cb6d9440e..000000000000
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/so2s.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
-# Copyright 2020 Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com>
-
-sed 's!\([0-9a-f]*\) T \([a-z0-9_]*\)\(@@LINUX_4.15\)*!.global \2\n.set \2,0x\1!' \
-| grep '^\.'