diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 0a76209e9b02..bb366eb1870e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ config RISCV_MISALIGNED
 config RISCV_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
 	bool "Use unaligned access for some functions"
 	depends on NONPORTABLE
+	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if MMU
 	select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
 	default n
 	help
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm-extable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm-extable.h
index 00a96e7a9664..0c8bfd54fc4e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm-extable.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/asm-extable.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define EX_TYPE_FIXUP			1
 #define EX_TYPE_BPF			2
 #define EX_TYPE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO	3
+#define EX_TYPE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD	4
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@
 #define EX_DATA_REG_ZERO_SHIFT	5
 #define EX_DATA_REG_ZERO	GENMASK(9, 5)
 
+#define EX_DATA_REG_DATA_SHIFT	0
+#define EX_DATA_REG_DATA	GENMASK(4, 0)
+#define EX_DATA_REG_ADDR_SHIFT	5
+#define EX_DATA_REG_ADDR	GENMASK(9, 5)
+
 #define EX_DATA_REG(reg, gpr)						\
 	"((.L__gpr_num_" #gpr ") << " __stringify(EX_DATA_REG_##reg##_SHIFT) ")"
 
@@ -62,6 +68,15 @@
 #define _ASM_EXTABLE_UACCESS_ERR(insn, fixup, err)			\
 	_ASM_EXTABLE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO(insn, fixup, err, zero)
 
+#define _ASM_EXTABLE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD(insn, fixup, data, addr)		\
+	__DEFINE_ASM_GPR_NUMS							\
+	__ASM_EXTABLE_RAW(#insn, #fixup,					\
+			  __stringify(EX_TYPE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD),		\
+			  "("							\
+			    EX_DATA_REG(DATA, data) " | "			\
+			    EX_DATA_REG(ADDR, addr)				\
+			  ")")
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #else /* CONFIG_MMU */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
index 7c086ac6ecd4..f3f031e34191 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #define _ASM_RISCV_WORD_AT_A_TIME_H
 
 
+#include <asm/asm-extable.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 struct word_at_a_time {
@@ -45,4 +46,30 @@ static inline unsigned long find_zero(unsigned long mask)
 /* The mask we created is directly usable as a bytemask */
 #define zero_bytemask(mask) (mask)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
+
+/*
+ * Load an unaligned word from kernel space.
+ *
+ * In the (very unlikely) case of the word being a page-crosser
+ * and the next page not being mapped, take the exception and
+ * return zeroes in the non-existing part.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
+{
+	unsigned long ret;
+
+	/* Load word from unaligned pointer addr */
+	asm(
+	"1:	" REG_L " %0, %2\n"
+	"2:\n"
+	_ASM_EXTABLE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD(1b, 2b, %0, %1)
+	: "=&r" (ret)
+	: "r" (addr), "m" (*(unsigned long *)addr));
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#endif	/* CONFIG_DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS */
+
 #endif /* _ASM_RISCV_WORD_AT_A_TIME_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/extable.c b/arch/riscv/mm/extable.c
index 35484d830fd6..dd1530af3ef1 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/extable.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/extable.c
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ static bool ex_handler_fixup(const struct exception_table_entry *ex,
 	return true;
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long regs_get_gpr(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int offset)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!offset || offset > MAX_REG_OFFSET))
+		return 0;
+
+	return *(unsigned long *)((unsigned long)regs + offset);
+}
+
 static inline void regs_set_gpr(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int offset,
 				unsigned long val)
 {
@@ -50,6 +58,27 @@ static bool ex_handler_uaccess_err_zero(const struct exception_table_entry *ex,
 	return true;
 }
 
+static bool
+ex_handler_load_unaligned_zeropad(const struct exception_table_entry *ex,
+				  struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	int reg_data = FIELD_GET(EX_DATA_REG_DATA, ex->data);
+	int reg_addr = FIELD_GET(EX_DATA_REG_ADDR, ex->data);
+	unsigned long data, addr, offset;
+
+	addr = regs_get_gpr(regs, reg_addr * sizeof(unsigned long));
+
+	offset = addr & 0x7UL;
+	addr &= ~0x7UL;
+
+	data = *(unsigned long *)addr >> (offset * 8);
+
+	regs_set_gpr(regs, reg_data * sizeof(unsigned long), data);
+
+	regs->epc = get_ex_fixup(ex);
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool fixup_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	const struct exception_table_entry *ex;
@@ -65,6 +94,8 @@ bool fixup_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		return ex_handler_bpf(ex, regs);
 	case EX_TYPE_UACCESS_ERR_ZERO:
 		return ex_handler_uaccess_err_zero(ex, regs);
+	case EX_TYPE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD:
+		return ex_handler_load_unaligned_zeropad(ex, regs);
 	}
 
 	BUG();
