diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index ffbe0fdd7fb3..6f9fd3748916 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -807,6 +807,24 @@ config RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
 	  will dynamically determine the speed of vector unaligned accesses on
 	  the underlying system if they are supported.
 
+config RISCV_SLOW_VEC_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+	bool "Assume the system supports slow vector unaligned memory accesses"
+	depends on NONPORTABLE
+	help
+	  Assume that the system supports slow vector unaligned memory accesses. The
+	  kernel and userspace programs may not be able to run at all on systems
+	  that do not support unaligned memory accesses.
+
+config RISCV_EFFICIENT_VEC_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+	bool "Assume the system supports fast vector unaligned memory accesses"
+	depends on NONPORTABLE
+	help
+	  Assume that the system supports fast vector unaligned memory accesses. When
+	  enabled, this option improves the performance of the kernel on such
+	  systems. However, the kernel and userspace programs will run much more
+	  slowly, or will not be able to run at all, on systems that do not
+	  support efficient unaligned memory accesses.
+
 endchoice
 
 endmenu # "Platform type"
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
index 5b243d46f4b1..291935a084d5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MMU) += vdso.o vdso/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_MISALIGNED)	+= traps_misaligned.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_MISALIGNED)	+= unaligned_access_speed.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)	+= copy-unaligned.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)		+= copy-unaligned.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)	+= vec-copy-unaligned.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_FPU)		+= fpu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FPU)		+= kernel_mode_fpu.o
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h b/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
index e3d70d35b708..85d4d11450cb 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/copy-unaligned.h
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@
 void __riscv_copy_words_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
 void __riscv_copy_bytes_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+void __riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+void __riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __RISCV_KERNEL_COPY_UNALIGNED_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
index 5b78ea5a84d1..46de3f145154 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ static u64 hwprobe_vec_misaligned(const struct cpumask *cpus)
 #else
 static u64 hwprobe_vec_misaligned(const struct cpumask *cpus)
 {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_EFFICIENT_VEC_UNALIGNED_ACCESS))
+		return RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_FAST;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_SLOW_VEC_UNALIGNED_ACCESS))
+		return RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_SLOW;
+
 	return RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_UNKNOWN;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
index 8489e012cf23..a2a8f948500b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 #include <asm/hwprobe.h>
+#include <asm/vector.h>
 
 #include "copy-unaligned.h"
 
@@ -267,9 +269,129 @@ static int check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
+static void check_vector_unaligned_access(struct work_struct *unused)
+{
+	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+	u64 start_cycles, end_cycles;
+	u64 word_cycles;
+	u64 byte_cycles;
+	int ratio;
+	unsigned long start_jiffies, now;
+	struct page *page;
+	void *dst;
+	void *src;
+	long speed = RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_SLOW;
+
+	if (per_cpu(vector_misaligned_access, cpu) != RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_SLOW)
+		return;
+
+	page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, MISALIGNED_BUFFER_ORDER);
+	if (!page) {
+		pr_warn("Allocation failure, not measuring vector misaligned performance\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Make an unaligned destination buffer. */
+	dst = (void *)((unsigned long)page_address(page) | 0x1);
+	/* Unalign src as well, but differently (off by 1 + 2 = 3). */
+	src = dst + (MISALIGNED_BUFFER_SIZE / 2);
+	src += 2;
+	word_cycles = -1ULL;
+
+	/* Do a warmup. */
+	kernel_vector_begin();
+	__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
+
+	start_jiffies = jiffies;
+	while ((now = jiffies) == start_jiffies)
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	/*
+	 * For a fixed amount of time, repeatedly try the function, and take
+	 * the best time in cycles as the measurement.
+	 */
+	while (time_before(jiffies, now + (1 << MISALIGNED_ACCESS_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
+		start_cycles = get_cycles64();
+		/* Ensure the CSR read can't reorder WRT to the copy. */
+		mb();
+		__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
+		/* Ensure the copy ends before the end time is snapped. */
+		mb();
+		end_cycles = get_cycles64();
+		if ((end_cycles - start_cycles) < word_cycles)
+			word_cycles = end_cycles - start_cycles;
+	}
+
+	byte_cycles = -1ULL;
+	__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
+	start_jiffies = jiffies;
+	while ((now = jiffies) == start_jiffies)
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	while (time_before(jiffies, now + (1 << MISALIGNED_ACCESS_JIFFIES_LG2))) {
+		start_cycles = get_cycles64();
+		mb();
+		__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(dst, src, MISALIGNED_COPY_SIZE);
+		mb();
+		end_cycles = get_cycles64();
+		if ((end_cycles - start_cycles) < byte_cycles)
+			byte_cycles = end_cycles - start_cycles;
+	}
+
+	kernel_vector_end();
+
+	/* Don't divide by zero. */
+	if (!word_cycles || !byte_cycles) {
+		pr_warn("cpu%d: rdtime lacks granularity needed to measure unaligned vector access speed\n",
+			cpu);
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (word_cycles < byte_cycles)
+		speed = RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_FAST;
+
+	ratio = div_u64((byte_cycles * 100), word_cycles);
+	pr_info("cpu%d: Ratio of vector byte access time to vector unaligned word access is %d.%02d, unaligned accesses are %s\n",
+		cpu,
+		ratio / 100,
+		ratio % 100,
+		(speed ==  RISCV_HWPROBE_VEC_MISALIGNED_FAST) ? "fast" : "slow");
+
+	per_cpu(vector_misaligned_access, cpu) = speed;
+}
+
+static int riscv_online_cpu_vec(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	check_vector_unaligned_access(NULL);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Measure unaligned access speed on all CPUs present at boot in parallel. */
+static int vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void *unused)
+{
+	schedule_on_each_cpu(check_vector_unaligned_access);
+
+	/*
+	 * Setup hotplug callbacks for any new CPUs that come online or go
+	 * offline.
+	 */
+	cpuhp_setup_state_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "riscv:online",
+				  riscv_online_cpu_vec, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else /* CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS */
+static int vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void *unused)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int check_unaligned_access_all_cpus(void)
 {
-	bool all_cpus_emulated;
+	bool all_cpus_emulated, all_cpus_vec_supported;
 	int cpu;
 
 	if (riscv_has_extension_unlikely(RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZICCLSM)) {
@@ -285,7 +407,13 @@ static int check_unaligned_access_all_cpus(void)
 	}
 
 	all_cpus_emulated = check_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
-	check_vector_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
+	all_cpus_vec_supported = check_vector_unaligned_access_emulated_all_cpus();
+
+	if (all_cpus_vec_supported &&
+	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)) {
+		kthread_run(vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus,
+			    NULL, "vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus");
+	}
 
 	if (!all_cpus_emulated)
 		return check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus();
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5bc94917e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vec-copy-unaligned.S
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/* Copyright (C) 2024 Rivos Inc. */
+
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <asm/asm.h>
+#include <linux/args.h>
+
+	.text
+
+#define WORD_EEW 32
+
+#define WORD_SEW CONCATENATE(e, WORD_EEW)
+#define VEC_L CONCATENATE(vle, WORD_EEW).v
+#define VEC_S CONCATENATE(vle, WORD_EEW).v
+
+/* void __riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned(void *, const void *, size_t) */
+/* Performs a memcpy without aligning buffers, using word loads and stores. */
+/* Note: The size is truncated to a multiple of WORD_EEW */
+SYM_FUNC_START(__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned)
+	andi  a4, a2, ~(WORD_EEW-1)
+	beqz  a4, 2f
+	add   a3, a1, a4
+	.option push
+	.option arch, +zve32x
+1:
+	vsetivli t0, 8, WORD_SEW, m8, ta, ma
+	VEC_L v0, (a1)
+	VEC_S v0, (a0)
+	addi  a0, a0, WORD_EEW
+	addi  a1, a1, WORD_EEW
+	bltu  a1, a3, 1b
+
+2:
+	.option pop
+	ret
+SYM_FUNC_END(__riscv_copy_vec_words_unaligned)
+
+/* void __riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned(void *, const void *, size_t) */
+/* Performs a memcpy without aligning buffers, using only byte accesses. */
+/* Note: The size is truncated to a multiple of 8 */
+SYM_FUNC_START(__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned)
+	andi a4, a2, ~(8-1)
+	beqz a4, 2f
+	add  a3, a1, a4
+	.option push
+	.option arch, +zve32x
+1:
+	vsetivli t0, 8, e8, m8, ta, ma
+	vle8.v v0, (a1)
+	vse8.v v0, (a0)
+	addi a0, a0, 8
+	addi a1, a1, 8
+	bltu a1, a3, 1b
+
+2:
+	.option pop
+	ret
+SYM_FUNC_END(__riscv_copy_vec_bytes_unaligned)
