diff --git a/target/riscv/helper.c b/target/riscv/helper.c
index 02cbcea2b7..95889f23b9 100644
--- a/target/riscv/helper.c
+++ b/target/riscv/helper.c
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ void riscv_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
                     ": badaddr 0x" TARGET_FMT_lx, env->mhartid, env->badaddr);
             }
             env->sbadaddr = env->badaddr;
+        } else {
+            /* otherwise we must clear sbadaddr/stval
+             * todo: support populating stval on illegal instructions */
+            env->sbadaddr = 0;
         }
 
         target_ulong s = env->mstatus;
@@ -487,6 +491,10 @@ void riscv_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
                     ": badaddr 0x" TARGET_FMT_lx, env->mhartid, env->badaddr);
             }
             env->mbadaddr = env->badaddr;
+        } else {
+            /* otherwise we must clear mbadaddr/mtval
+             * todo: support populating mtval on illegal instructions */
+            env->mbadaddr = 0;
         }
 
         target_ulong s = env->mstatus;