diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 5966ad97c30c..eec1686f57a3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE
 config TOOLCHAIN_NEEDS_EXPLICIT_ZICSR_ZIFENCEI
 	def_bool y
 	# https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=aed44286efa8ae8717a77d94b51ac3614e2ca6dc
-	depends on AS_IS_GNU && AS_VERSION >= 23800
+	depends on GCC_VERSION >= 120000 || AS_VERSION >= 23800
 	help
 	  Newer binutils versions default to ISA spec version 20191213 which
 	  moves some instructions from the I extension to the Zicsr and Zifencei