diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 48b870a685b3092f863474539ffd7ecfd00a0ffe..df5d2da7c40be3fa9ec41e464911277b98321db3 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
 
-register unsigned long sp_in_global __asm__("sp");
+register const unsigned long sp_in_global __asm__("sp");
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ void notrace walk_stackframe(struct task_struct *task, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		sp = user_stack_pointer(regs);
 		pc = instruction_pointer(regs);
 	} else if (task == NULL || task == current) {
-		const register unsigned long current_sp = sp_in_global;
 		fp = (unsigned long)__builtin_frame_address(0);
-		sp = current_sp;
+		sp = sp_in_global;
 		pc = (unsigned long)walk_stackframe;
 	} else {
 		/* task blocked in __switch_to */