diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.cpp
index 3e72865ca62..ab43fc33210 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.cpp
@@ -2771,7 +2771,7 @@ void MacroAssembler::load_reserved(Register dst,
       break;
     case uint32:
       lr_w(dst, addr, acquire);
-      zero_extend(t0, t0, 32);
+      zero_extend(dst, dst, 32);
       break;
     default:
       ShouldNotReachHere();