diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 45f9c1171a486..dfa5cdddd3671 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <asm/hwcap.h>
 #include <asm/alternative-macros.h>
 #include <asm/errno.h>
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ void riscv_user_isa_enable(void);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_RISCV_MISALIGNED)
 bool check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus(void);
+void check_unaligned_access_emulated(struct work_struct *work __always_unused);
 void unaligned_emulation_finish(void);
 bool unaligned_ctl_available(void);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(long, misaligned_access_speed);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
index 1b9867136b610..9a80a12f6b48f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
@@ -524,11 +524,11 @@ int handle_misaligned_store(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool check_unaligned_access_emulated(int cpu)
+void check_unaligned_access_emulated(struct work_struct *work __always_unused)
 {
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	long *mas_ptr = per_cpu_ptr(&misaligned_access_speed, cpu);
 	unsigned long tmp_var, tmp_val;
-	bool misaligned_emu_detected;
 
 	*mas_ptr = RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_UNKNOWN;
 
@@ -536,19 +536,16 @@ static bool check_unaligned_access_emulated(int cpu)
 		"       "REG_L" %[tmp], 1(%[ptr])\n"
 		: [tmp] "=r" (tmp_val) : [ptr] "r" (&tmp_var) : "memory");
 
-	misaligned_emu_detected = (*mas_ptr == RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_EMULATED);
 	/*
 	 * If unaligned_ctl is already set, this means that we detected that all
 	 * CPUS uses emulated misaligned access at boot time. If that changed
 	 * when hotplugging the new cpu, this is something we don't handle.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(unaligned_ctl && !misaligned_emu_detected)) {
+	if (unlikely(unaligned_ctl && (*mas_ptr != RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_EMULATED))) {
 		pr_crit("CPU misaligned accesses non homogeneous (expected all emulated)\n");
 		while (true)
 			cpu_relax();
 	}
-
-	return misaligned_emu_detected;
 }
 
 bool check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus(void)
@@ -560,8 +557,11 @@ bool check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus(void)
 	 * accesses emulated since tasks requesting such control can run on any
 	 * CPU.
 	 */
+	schedule_on_each_cpu(check_unaligned_access_emulated);
+
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-		if (!check_unaligned_access_emulated(cpu))
+		if (per_cpu(misaligned_access_speed, cpu)
+		    != RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_EMULATED)
 			return false;
 
 	unaligned_ctl = true;