diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 87468f67951a..6578054977ef 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define _ASM_RISCV_PGALLOC_H
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <asm/sbi.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -90,10 +91,10 @@ static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 
 static inline void riscv_tlb_remove_ptdesc(struct mmu_gather *tlb, void *pt)
 {
-	if (riscv_use_ipi_for_rfence())
-		tlb_remove_page_ptdesc(tlb, pt);
-	else
+	if (riscv_use_sbi_for_rfence())
 		tlb_remove_ptdesc(tlb, pt);
+	else
+		tlb_remove_page_ptdesc(tlb, pt);
 }
 
 #define pud_free pud_free
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sbi.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sbi.h
index 6e68f8dff76b..ea84392ca9d7 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sbi.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sbi.h
@@ -375,8 +375,12 @@ unsigned long riscv_cached_marchid(unsigned int cpu_id);
 unsigned long riscv_cached_mimpid(unsigned int cpu_id);
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_SBI)
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(riscv_sbi_for_rfence);
+#define riscv_use_sbi_for_rfence() \
+	static_branch_unlikely(&riscv_sbi_for_rfence)
 void sbi_ipi_init(void);
 #else
+static inline bool riscv_use_sbi_for_rfence(void) { return false; }
 static inline void sbi_ipi_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/smp.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/smp.h
index 0d555847cde6..7ac80e9f2288 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/smp.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/smp.h
@@ -49,12 +49,7 @@ void riscv_ipi_disable(void);
 bool riscv_ipi_have_virq_range(void);
 
 /* Set the IPI interrupt numbers for arch (called by irqchip drivers) */
-void riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(int virq, int nr, bool use_for_rfence);
-
-/* Check if we can use IPIs for remote FENCEs */
-DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(riscv_ipi_for_rfence);
-#define riscv_use_ipi_for_rfence() \
-	static_branch_unlikely(&riscv_ipi_for_rfence)
+void riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(int virq, int nr);
 
 /* Check other CPUs stop or not */
 bool smp_crash_stop_failed(void);
@@ -104,16 +99,10 @@ static inline bool riscv_ipi_have_virq_range(void)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline void riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(int virq, int nr,
-					    bool use_for_rfence)
+static inline void riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(int virq, int nr)
 {
 }
 
-static inline bool riscv_use_ipi_for_rfence(void)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU) && (CONFIG_SMP)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sbi-ipi.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sbi-ipi.c
index a4559695ce62..1026e22955cc 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sbi-ipi.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sbi-ipi.c
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #include <linux/irqdomain.h>
 #include <asm/sbi.h>
 
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(riscv_sbi_for_rfence);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(riscv_sbi_for_rfence);
+
 static int sbi_ipi_virq;
 
 static void sbi_ipi_handle(struct irq_desc *desc)
@@ -72,6 +75,12 @@ void __init sbi_ipi_init(void)
 			  "irqchip/sbi-ipi:starting",
 			  sbi_ipi_starting_cpu, NULL);
 
-	riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(virq, BITS_PER_BYTE, false);
+	riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(virq, BITS_PER_BYTE);
 	pr_info("providing IPIs using SBI IPI extension\n");
+
+	/*
+	 * Use the SBI remote fence extension to avoid
+	 * the extra context switch needed to handle IPIs.
+	 */
+	static_branch_enable(&riscv_sbi_for_rfence);
 }
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smp.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smp.c
index 45dd4035416e..8e6eb64459af 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smp.c
@@ -171,10 +171,7 @@ bool riscv_ipi_have_virq_range(void)
 	return (ipi_virq_base) ? true : false;
 }
 
-DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(riscv_ipi_for_rfence);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(riscv_ipi_for_rfence);
-
-void riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(int virq, int nr, bool use_for_rfence)
+void riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(int virq, int nr)
 {
 	int i, err;
 
@@ -197,12 +194,6 @@ void riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(int virq, int nr, bool use_for_rfence)
 
 	/* Enabled IPIs for boot CPU immediately */
 	riscv_ipi_enable();
-
-	/* Update RFENCE static key */
-	if (use_for_rfence)
-		static_branch_enable(&riscv_ipi_for_rfence);
-	else
-		static_branch_disable(&riscv_ipi_for_rfence);
 }
 
 static const char * const ipi_names[] = {
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c b/arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c
index 55a34f2020a8..47c485bc7df0 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void flush_icache_all(void)
 {
 	local_flush_icache_all();
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_SBI) && !riscv_use_ipi_for_rfence())
+	if (riscv_use_sbi_for_rfence())
 		sbi_remote_fence_i(NULL);
 	else
 		on_each_cpu(ipi_remote_fence_i, NULL, 1);
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ void flush_icache_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, bool local)
 		 * with flush_icache_deferred().
 		 */
 		smp_mb();
-	} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_SBI) &&
-		   !riscv_use_ipi_for_rfence()) {
+	} else if (riscv_use_sbi_for_rfence()) {
 		sbi_remote_fence_i(&others);
 	} else {
 		on_each_cpu_mask(&others, ipi_remote_fence_i, NULL, 1);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c b/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
index 8d12b26f5ac3..0373661bd1c4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ static void __ipi_flush_tlb_all(void *info)
 
 void flush_tlb_all(void)
 {
-	if (riscv_use_ipi_for_rfence())
-		on_each_cpu(__ipi_flush_tlb_all, NULL, 1);
-	else
+	if (riscv_use_sbi_for_rfence())
 		sbi_remote_sfence_vma_asid(NULL, 0, FLUSH_TLB_MAX_SIZE, FLUSH_TLB_NO_ASID);
+	else
+		on_each_cpu(__ipi_flush_tlb_all, NULL, 1);
 }
 
 struct flush_tlb_range_data {
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ static void __flush_tlb_range(struct cpumask *cmask, unsigned long asid,
 			      unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
 			      unsigned long stride)
 {
-	struct flush_tlb_range_data ftd;
 	bool broadcast;
 
 	if (cpumask_empty(cmask))
@@ -118,20 +117,18 @@ static void __flush_tlb_range(struct cpumask *cmask, unsigned long asid,
 		broadcast = true;
 	}
 
-	if (broadcast) {
-		if (riscv_use_ipi_for_rfence()) {
-			ftd.asid = asid;
-			ftd.start = start;
-			ftd.size = size;
-			ftd.stride = stride;
-			on_each_cpu_mask(cmask,
-					 __ipi_flush_tlb_range_asid,
-					 &ftd, 1);
-		} else
-			sbi_remote_sfence_vma_asid(cmask,
-						   start, size, asid);
-	} else {
+	if (!broadcast) {
 		local_flush_tlb_range_asid(start, size, stride, asid);
+	} else if (riscv_use_sbi_for_rfence()) {
+		sbi_remote_sfence_vma_asid(cmask, start, size, asid);
+	} else {
+		struct flush_tlb_range_data ftd;
+
+		ftd.asid = asid;
+		ftd.start = start;
+		ftd.size = size;
+		ftd.stride = stride;
+		on_each_cpu_mask(cmask, __ipi_flush_tlb_range_asid, &ftd, 1);
 	}
 
 	if (cmask != cpu_online_mask)
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/timer-clint.c b/drivers/clocksource/timer-clint.c
index 09fd292eb83d..0bdd9d7ec545 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/timer-clint.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/timer-clint.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static int __init clint_timer_init_dt(struct device_node *np)
 	}
 
 	irq_set_chained_handler(clint_ipi_irq, clint_ipi_interrupt);
-	riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(rc, BITS_PER_BYTE, true);
+	riscv_ipi_set_virq_range(rc, BITS_PER_BYTE);
 	clint_clear_ipi();
 #endif
 
