diff --git a/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile b/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
index 8a2739485123..f96ace8ea1df 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/errata/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-pie
+# We can't use PIC/PIE when handling early-boot errata parsing, as the kernel
+# doesn't have a GOT setup at that point.  So instead just use medany: it's
+# usually position-independent, so it should be good enough for the errata
+# handling.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-pie -mcmodel=medany
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ERRATA_ANDES) += andes/