diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S
index 835e45bb59c4..744f3209c48d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@ skip_context_tracking:
 	tail do_trap_unknown
 
 handle_syscall:
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_M_MODE
+	/*
+	 * When running is M-Mode (no MMU config), MPIE does not get set.
+	 * As a result, we need to force enable interrupts here because
+	 * handle_exception did not do set SR_IE as it always sees SR_PIE
+	 * being cleared.
+	 */
+	csrs CSR_STATUS, SR_IE
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS) || defined(CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING)
 	/* Recover a0 - a7 for system calls */
 	REG_L a0, PT_A0(sp)