diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index d702359f8ab5..b133efc13466 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
 config FIX_EARLYCON_MEM
 	def_bool MMU
 
+config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
+	hex
+	default 0 if 32BIT
+	default 0xdead000000000000 if 64BIT
+
 config PGTABLE_LEVELS
 	int
 	default 5 if 64BIT