diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 569140d6e639..ad7d26788e6a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ void __init riscv_user_isa_enable(void);
 	_RISCV_ISA_EXT_DATA(_name, _id, _sub_exts, ARRAY_SIZE(_sub_exts), _validate)
 
 bool check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus(void);
+void unaligned_access_init(void);
+int cpu_online_unaligned_access_init(unsigned int cpu);
 #if defined(CONFIG_RISCV_SCALAR_MISALIGNED)
-void check_unaligned_access_emulated(struct work_struct *work __always_unused);
 void unaligned_emulation_finish(void);
 bool unaligned_ctl_available(void);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(long, misaligned_access_speed);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
index 7cc108aed74e..66eef398bad4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/traps_misaligned.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <asm/entry-common.h>
 #include <asm/hwprobe.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
+#include <asm/sbi.h>
 #include <asm/vector.h>
 
 #define INSN_MATCH_LB			0x3
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ bool check_vector_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus(void)
 
 static bool unaligned_ctl __read_mostly;
 
-void check_unaligned_access_emulated(struct work_struct *work __always_unused)
+static void check_unaligned_access_emulated(struct work_struct *work __always_unused)
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	long *mas_ptr = per_cpu_ptr(&misaligned_access_speed, cpu);
@@ -646,6 +647,13 @@ void check_unaligned_access_emulated(struct work_struct *work __always_unused)
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (
 		"       "REG_L" %[tmp], 1(%[ptr])\n"
 		: [tmp] "=r" (tmp_val) : [ptr] "r" (&tmp_var) : "memory");
+}
+
+static int cpu_online_check_unaligned_access_emulated(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	long *mas_ptr = per_cpu_ptr(&misaligned_access_speed, cpu);
+
+	check_unaligned_access_emulated(NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * If unaligned_ctl is already set, this means that we detected that all
@@ -654,9 +662,10 @@ void check_unaligned_access_emulated(struct work_struct *work __always_unused)
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(unaligned_ctl && (*mas_ptr != RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_EMULATED))) {
 		pr_crit("CPU misaligned accesses non homogeneous (expected all emulated)\n");
-		while (true)
-			cpu_relax();
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 bool check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus(void)
@@ -688,4 +697,85 @@ bool check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus(void)
 {
 	return false;
 }
+static int cpu_online_check_unaligned_access_emulated(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_SBI
+
+struct misaligned_deleg_req {
+	atomic_t error;
+};
+
+static int sbi_request_unaligned_delegation(void)
+{
+	struct sbiret ret;
+
+	ret = sbi_ecall(SBI_EXT_FWFT, SBI_EXT_FWFT_SET,
+			SBI_FWFT_MISALIGNED_EXC_DELEG, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+
+	return sbi_err_map_linux_errno(ret.error);
+}
+
+static bool misaligned_traps_delegated;
+
+static int cpu_online_sbi_unaligned_setup(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	if (sbi_request_unaligned_delegation() && misaligned_traps_delegated) {
+		pr_crit("Misaligned trap delegation non homogeneous (expected delegated)");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+cpu_unaligned_sbi_request_delegation(void *arg)
+{
+	struct misaligned_deleg_req *req = arg;
+
+	if (sbi_request_unaligned_delegation())
+		atomic_set(&req->error, 1);
+}
+
+static void unaligned_sbi_request_delegation(void)
+{
+	struct misaligned_deleg_req req = {.error = ATOMIC_INIT(0)};
+
+	on_each_cpu(cpu_unaligned_sbi_request_delegation, &req, 1);
+	if (atomic_read(&req.error) == 0) {
+		pr_info("SBI misaligned access exception delegation ok\n");
+		misaligned_traps_delegated = true;
+		/*
+		 * Note that we don't have to take any specific action here, if
+		 * the delegation is successful, then
+		 * check_unaligned_access_emulated() will verify that indeed the
+		 * platform traps on misaligned accesses.
+		 */
+	}
+}
+
+void unaligned_access_init(void)
+{
+	if (sbi_probe_extension(SBI_EXT_FWFT) > 0)
+		unaligned_sbi_request_delegation();
+}
+#else
+void unaligned_access_init(void) {}
+
+static int cpu_online_sbi_unaligned_setup(unsigned int cpu __always_unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+int cpu_online_unaligned_access_init(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	int ret = cpu_online_sbi_unaligned_setup(cpu);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return cpu_online_check_unaligned_access_emulated(cpu);
+}
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
index 91f189cf1611..2f3aba073297 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
@@ -188,13 +188,20 @@ arch_initcall_sync(lock_and_set_unaligned_access_static_branch);
 
 static int riscv_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 {
+	int ret;
 	static struct page *buf;
 
 	/* We are already set since the last check */
 	if (per_cpu(misaligned_access_speed, cpu) != RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_UNKNOWN)
 		goto exit;
 
-	check_unaligned_access_emulated(NULL);
+	ret = cpu_online_unaligned_access_init(cpu);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (per_cpu(misaligned_access_speed, cpu) == RISCV_HWPROBE_MISALIGNED_SCALAR_EMULATED)
+		goto exit;
+
 	buf = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, MISALIGNED_BUFFER_ORDER);
 	if (!buf) {
 		pr_warn("Allocation failure, not measuring misaligned performance\n");
@@ -403,6 +410,8 @@ static int check_unaligned_access_all_cpus(void)
 {
 	bool all_cpus_emulated, all_cpus_vec_unsupported;
 
+	unaligned_access_init();
+
 	all_cpus_emulated = check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
 	all_cpus_vec_unsupported = check_vector_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
 
