diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
index 11e2a4fe66e0..7e849797c9c3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
@@ -35,12 +35,17 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 	.word 0
 #endif
 	.balign 8
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE
+	/* Image load offset (0MB) from start of RAM for M-mode */
+	.dword 0
+#else
 #if __riscv_xlen == 64
 	/* Image load offset(2MB) from start of RAM */
 	.dword 0x200000
 #else
 	/* Image load offset(4MB) from start of RAM */
 	.dword 0x400000
+#endif
 #endif
 	/* Effective size of kernel image */
 	.dword _end - _start