diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.c b/target/riscv/cpu.c
index f13e298a36..e09dd7aa23 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu.c
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu.c
@@ -224,8 +224,7 @@ static void riscv_cpu_dump_state(CPUState *cs, FILE *f, int flags)
 #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
     qemu_fprintf(f, " %s " TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", "mhartid ", env->mhartid);
     qemu_fprintf(f, " %s " TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", "mstatus ", env->mstatus);
-    qemu_fprintf(f, " %s " TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", "mip     ",
-                 (target_ulong)atomic_read(&env->mip));
+    qemu_fprintf(f, " %s 0x%x\n", "mip     ", env->mip);
     qemu_fprintf(f, " %s " TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", "mie     ", env->mie);
     qemu_fprintf(f, " %s " TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", "mideleg ", env->mideleg);
     qemu_fprintf(f, " %s " TARGET_FMT_lx "\n", "medeleg ", env->medeleg);
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ static bool riscv_cpu_has_work(CPUState *cs)
      * Definition of the WFI instruction requires it to ignore the privilege
      * mode and delegation registers, but respect individual enables
      */
-    return (atomic_read(&env->mip) & env->mie) != 0;
+    return (env->mip & env->mie) != 0;
 #else
     return true;
 #endif
diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.h b/target/riscv/cpu.h
index 124ed33ee4..a71473b243 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu.h
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu.h
@@ -121,15 +121,6 @@ struct CPURISCVState {
     target_ulong mhartid;
     target_ulong mstatus;
 
-    /*
-     * CAUTION! Unlike the rest of this struct, mip is accessed asynchonously
-     * by I/O threads. It should be read with atomic_read. It should be updated
-     * using riscv_cpu_update_mip with the iothread mutex held. The iothread
-     * mutex must be held because mip must be consistent with the CPU inturrept
-     * state. riscv_cpu_update_mip calls cpu_interrupt or cpu_reset_interrupt
-     * wuth the invariant that CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD is set iff mip is non-zero.
-     * mip is 32-bits to allow atomic_read on 32-bit hosts.
-     */
     uint32_t mip;
     uint32_t miclaim;
 
diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c b/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
index 87dd6a6ece..4334978c2e 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu_helper.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 #include "tcg-op.h"
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ static int riscv_cpu_local_irq_pending(CPURISCVState *env)
 {
     target_ulong mstatus_mie = get_field(env->mstatus, MSTATUS_MIE);
     target_ulong mstatus_sie = get_field(env->mstatus, MSTATUS_SIE);
-    target_ulong pending = atomic_read(&env->mip) & env->mie;
+    target_ulong pending = env->mip & env->mie;
     target_ulong mie = env->priv < PRV_M || (env->priv == PRV_M && mstatus_mie);
     target_ulong sie = env->priv < PRV_S || (env->priv == PRV_S && mstatus_sie);
     target_ulong irqs = (pending & ~env->mideleg & -mie) |
@@ -92,42 +93,29 @@ int riscv_cpu_claim_interrupts(RISCVCPU *cpu, uint32_t interrupts)
     }
 }
 
-struct CpuAsyncInfo {
-    uint32_t new_mip;
-};
-
-static void riscv_cpu_update_mip_irqs_async(CPUState *target_cpu_state,
-                                            run_on_cpu_data data)
-{
-    struct CpuAsyncInfo *info = (struct CpuAsyncInfo *) data.host_ptr;
-
-    if (info->new_mip) {
-        cpu_interrupt(target_cpu_state, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
-    } else {
-        cpu_reset_interrupt(target_cpu_state, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
-    }
-
-    g_free(info);
-}
-
 uint32_t riscv_cpu_update_mip(RISCVCPU *cpu, uint32_t mask, uint32_t value)
 {
     CPURISCVState *env = &cpu->env;
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
-    struct CpuAsyncInfo *info;
-    uint32_t old, new, cmp = atomic_read(&env->mip);
+    uint32_t old = env->mip;
+    bool locked = false;
+
+    if (!qemu_mutex_iothread_locked()) {
+        locked = true;
+        qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    }
 
-    do {
-        old = cmp;
-        new = (old & ~mask) | (value & mask);
-        cmp = atomic_cmpxchg(&env->mip, old, new);
-    } while (old != cmp);
+    env->mip = (env->mip & ~mask) | (value & mask);
 
-    info = g_new(struct CpuAsyncInfo, 1);
-    info->new_mip = new;
+    if (env->mip) {
+        cpu_interrupt(cs, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
+    } else {
+        cpu_reset_interrupt(cs, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
+    }
 
-    async_run_on_cpu(cs, riscv_cpu_update_mip_irqs_async,
-                     RUN_ON_CPU_HOST_PTR(info));
+    if (locked) {
+        qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+    }
 
     return old;
 }
diff --git a/target/riscv/csr.c b/target/riscv/csr.c
index f767ad24be..db0cc6ef55 100644
--- a/target/riscv/csr.c
+++ b/target/riscv/csr.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static int rmw_mip(CPURISCVState *env, int csrno, target_ulong *ret_value,
     if (mask) {
         old_mip = riscv_cpu_update_mip(cpu, mask, (new_value & mask));
     } else {
-        old_mip = atomic_read(&env->mip);
+        old_mip = env->mip;
     }
 
     if (ret_value) {
