diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.h b/target/riscv/cpu.h
index 709b7c3abb..11a0f41b27 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu.h
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu.h
@@ -430,18 +430,27 @@ static inline RISCVMXL riscv_cpu_mxl(CPURISCVState *env)
 #endif
 
 /*
- * A simplification for VLMAX
- * = (1 << LMUL) * VLEN / (8 * (1 << SEW))
- * = (VLEN << LMUL) / (8 << SEW)
- * = (VLEN << LMUL) >> (SEW + 3)
- * = VLEN >> (SEW + 3 - LMUL)
+ * Encode LMUL to lmul as follows:
+ *     LMUL    vlmul    lmul
+ *      1       000       0
+ *      2       001       1
+ *      4       010       2
+ *      8       011       3
+ *      -       100       -
+ *     1/8      101      -3
+ *     1/4      110      -2
+ *     1/2      111      -1
+ *
+ * then, we can calculate VLMAX = vlen >> (vsew + 3 - lmul)
+ * e.g. vlen = 256 bits, SEW = 16, LMUL = 1/8
+ *      => VLMAX = vlen >> (1 + 3 - (-3))
+ *               = 256 >> 7
+ *               = 2
  */
 static inline uint32_t vext_get_vlmax(RISCVCPU *cpu, target_ulong vtype)
 {
-    uint8_t sew, lmul;
-
-    sew = FIELD_EX64(vtype, VTYPE, VSEW);
-    lmul = FIELD_EX64(vtype, VTYPE, VLMUL);
+    uint8_t sew = FIELD_EX64(vtype, VTYPE, VSEW);
+    int8_t lmul = sextract32(FIELD_EX64(vtype, VTYPE, VLMUL), 0, 3);
     return cpu->cfg.vlen >> (sew + 3 - lmul);
 }
 
diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c b/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
index 1b31d0ad47..10f3baba53 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
@@ -75,12 +75,22 @@ void cpu_get_tb_cpu_state(CPURISCVState *env, target_ulong *pc,
     *cs_base = 0;
 
     if (riscv_has_ext(env, RVV)) {
+        /*
+         * If env->vl equals to VLMAX, we can use generic vector operation
+         * expanders (GVEC) to accerlate the vector operations.
+         * However, as LMUL could be a fractional number. The maximum
+         * vector size can be operated might be less than 8 bytes,
+         * which is not supported by GVEC. So we set vl_eq_vlmax flag to true
+         * only when maxsz >= 8 bytes.
+         */
         uint32_t vlmax = vext_get_vlmax(env_archcpu(env), env->vtype);
-        bool vl_eq_vlmax = (env->vstart == 0) && (vlmax == env->vl);
+        uint32_t sew = FIELD_EX64(env->vtype, VTYPE, VSEW);
+        uint32_t maxsz = vlmax << sew;
+        bool vl_eq_vlmax = (env->vstart == 0) && (vlmax == env->vl) &&
+                           (maxsz >= 8);
         flags = FIELD_DP32(flags, TB_FLAGS, VILL,
                     FIELD_EX64(env->vtype, VTYPE, VILL));
-        flags = FIELD_DP32(flags, TB_FLAGS, SEW,
-                    FIELD_EX64(env->vtype, VTYPE, VSEW));
+        flags = FIELD_DP32(flags, TB_FLAGS, SEW, sew);
         flags = FIELD_DP32(flags, TB_FLAGS, LMUL,
                     FIELD_EX64(env->vtype, VTYPE, VLMUL));
         flags = FIELD_DP32(flags, TB_FLAGS, VL_EQ_VLMAX, vl_eq_vlmax);
diff --git a/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvv.c.inc b/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvv.c.inc
index e12db9aae8..5c04ac90da 100644
--- a/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvv.c.inc
+++ b/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvv.c.inc
@@ -1049,7 +1049,17 @@ GEN_LDST_WHOLE_TRANS(vs8r_v, 8, true)
 /*
  *** Vector Integer Arithmetic Instructions
  */
-#define MAXSZ(s) (s->vlen >> (3 - s->lmul))
+
+/*
+ * MAXSZ returns the maximum vector size can be operated in bytes,
+ * which is used in GVEC IR when vl_eq_vlmax flag is set to true
+ * to accerlate vector operation.
+ */
+static inline uint32_t MAXSZ(DisasContext *s)
+{
+    int scale = s->lmul - 3;
+    return scale < 0 ? s->vlen >> -scale : s->vlen << scale;
+}
 
 static bool opivv_check(DisasContext *s, arg_rmrr *a)
 {