diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
index 06d326caa7d8aec3da53ac601ae2020eede76596..ebc32e555d42139aab0b80438ae122244df59a0e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/process.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #include <asm/switch_to.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 
-register unsigned long gp_in_global __asm__("gp");
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
 #include <linux/stackprotector.h>
 unsigned long __stack_chk_guard __read_mostly;
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long usp, unsigned long arg,
 	if (unlikely(p->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_IO_WORKER))) {
 		/* Kernel thread */
 		memset(childregs, 0, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
-		childregs->gp = gp_in_global;
 		/* Supervisor/Machine, irqs on: */
 		childregs->status = SR_PP | SR_PIE;