diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 0ac0b5383797..9c48fecc6719 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ config RISCV_DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
 	select DMA_BOUNCE_UNALIGNED_KMALLOC if SWIOTLB
-	select DMA_DIRECT_REMAP if MMU
 
 config RISCV_NONSTANDARD_CACHE_OPS
 	bool
@@ -549,6 +548,7 @@ config RISCV_ISA_ZICBOM
 	depends on RISCV_ALTERNATIVE
 	default y
 	select RISCV_DMA_NONCOHERENT
+	select DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
 	help
 	   Adds support to dynamically detect the presence of the ZICBOM
 	   extension (Cache Block Management Operations) and enable its
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.errata b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.errata
index 566bcefeab50..e2c731cfed8c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig.errata
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig.errata
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ config ERRATA_THEAD_PBMT
 config ERRATA_THEAD_CMO
 	bool "Apply T-Head cache management errata"
 	depends on ERRATA_THEAD && MMU
+	select DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
 	select RISCV_DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	default y
 	help