diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/global_data.h
index 0cce98ab531a8ad2248a91a2093b00053b8cb144..bd352c2cda951531f19f441514c98f8b7fa883f5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ struct arch_global_data {
 
 #include <asm-generic/global_data.h>
 
-#define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR register volatile gd_t *gd asm ("gp")
+#define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR register gd_t *gd asm ("gp")
 
 #endif /* __ASM_GBL_DATA_H */