diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
index 834eb652a7b9d..e0a00739bd13b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void __init init_resources(void)
 		res = &mem_res[res_idx--];
 
 		res->name = "Reserved";
-		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+		res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_EXCLUSIVE;
 		res->start = __pfn_to_phys(memblock_region_reserved_base_pfn(region));
 		res->end = __pfn_to_phys(memblock_region_reserved_end_pfn(region)) - 1;
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static void __init init_resources(void)
 
 		if (unlikely(memblock_is_nomap(region))) {
 			res->name = "Reserved";
-			res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
+			res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM | IORESOURCE_EXCLUSIVE;
 		} else {
 			res->name = "System RAM";
 			res->flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;