diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/interp_masm_riscv.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/interp_masm_riscv.cpp
index 897222ef995..ece872ac034 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/interp_masm_riscv.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/interp_masm_riscv.cpp
@@ -179,15 +179,10 @@ void InterpreterMacroAssembler::check_and_handle_earlyret(Register java_thread)
 
 void InterpreterMacroAssembler::get_unsigned_2_byte_index_at_bcp(Register reg, int bcp_offset) {
   assert(bcp_offset >= 0, "bcp is still pointing to start of bytecode");
-  if (AvoidUnalignedAccesses && (bcp_offset % 2)) {
-    lbu(t1, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset));
-    lbu(reg, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset + 1));
-    slli(t1, t1, 8);
-    add(reg, reg, t1);
-  } else {
-    lhu(reg, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset));
-    revb_h_h_u(reg, reg);
-  }
+  lbu(t1, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset));
+  lbu(reg, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset + 1));
+  slli(t1, t1, 8);
+  add(reg, reg, t1);
 }
 
 void InterpreterMacroAssembler::get_dispatch() {
@@ -200,15 +195,7 @@ void InterpreterMacroAssembler::get_cache_index_at_bcp(Register index,
                                                        size_t index_size) {
   assert(bcp_offset > 0, "bcp is still pointing to start of bytecode");
   if (index_size == sizeof(u2)) {
-    if (AvoidUnalignedAccesses) {
-      assert_different_registers(index, tmp);
-      load_unsigned_byte(index, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset));
-      load_unsigned_byte(tmp, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset + 1));
-      slli(tmp, tmp, 8);
-      add(index, index, tmp);
-    } else {
-      load_unsigned_short(index, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset));
-    }
+    load_short_misaligned(index, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset), tmp, false);
   } else if (index_size == sizeof(u4)) {
     load_int_misaligned(index, Address(xbcp, bcp_offset), tmp, false);
   } else if (index_size == sizeof(u1)) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/templateTable_riscv.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/templateTable_riscv.cpp
index 52b33c62616..62dc952bde0 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/templateTable_riscv.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/templateTable_riscv.cpp
@@ -292,15 +292,10 @@ void TemplateTable::bipush() {
 
 void TemplateTable::sipush() {
   transition(vtos, itos);
-  if (AvoidUnalignedAccesses) {
-    __ load_signed_byte(x10, at_bcp(1));
-    __ load_unsigned_byte(t1, at_bcp(2));
-    __ slli(x10, x10, 8);
-    __ add(x10, x10, t1);
-  } else {
-    __ load_unsigned_short(x10, at_bcp(1));
-    __ revb_h_h(x10, x10); // reverse bytes in half-word and sign-extend
-  }
+  __ load_signed_byte(x10, at_bcp(1));
+  __ load_unsigned_byte(t1, at_bcp(2));
+  __ slli(x10, x10, 8);
+  __ add(x10, x10, t1);
 }
 
 void TemplateTable::ldc(LdcType type) {
@@ -1626,15 +1621,10 @@ void TemplateTable::branch(bool is_jsr, bool is_wide) {
 
   // load branch displacement
   if (!is_wide) {
-    if (AvoidUnalignedAccesses) {
-      __ lb(x12, at_bcp(1));
-      __ lbu(t1, at_bcp(2));
-      __ slli(x12, x12, 8);
-      __ add(x12, x12, t1);
-    } else {
-      __ lhu(x12, at_bcp(1));
-      __ revb_h_h(x12, x12); // reverse bytes in half-word and sign-extend
-    }
+    __ lb(x12, at_bcp(1));
+    __ lbu(t1, at_bcp(2));
+    __ slli(x12, x12, 8);
+    __ add(x12, x12, t1);
   } else {
     __ lwu(x12, at_bcp(1));
     __ revb_w_w(x12, x12); // reverse bytes in word and sign-extend