diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
index b0c63e8e867ef..8955f2432c2d8 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ int copy_thread(struct task_struct *p, const struct kernel_clone_args *args)
 	unsigned long tls = args->tls;
 	struct pt_regs *childregs = task_pt_regs(p);
 
+	memset(&p->thread.s, 0, sizeof(p->thread.s));
+
 	/* p->thread holds context to be restored by __switch_to() */
 	if (unlikely(args->fn)) {
 		/* Kernel thread */