diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index ebbce134917cc..ac1d7df898ef4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ static __always_inline void __cmpwait(volatile void *ptr,
 		 : : : : no_zawrs);
 
 	switch (size) {
+	case 1:
+		fallthrough;
+	case 2:
+		/* RISC-V doesn't have lr instructions on byte and half-word. */
+		goto no_zawrs;
 	case 4:
 		asm volatile(
 		"	lr.w	%0, %1\n"