diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index a0fa4be94a68..6b23a0cb2b35 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ config RISCV
 	select EDAC_SUPPORT
 	select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE if 64BIT
-	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if 32BIT
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT if MMU
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS
 	select HAVE_COPY_THREAD_TLS
@@ -102,7 +101,8 @@ config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
 	depends on MMU
-	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE
+	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if 32BIT && SPARSMEM
+	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if 64BIT
 
 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
 	def_bool ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE