diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
index b2d26d9d8489c..c9461985db7e7 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -227,7 +227,10 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	setup_bootmem();
 	paging_init();
 	unflatten_device_tree();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SWIOTLB
 	swiotlb_init(1);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	setup_smp();