diff --git a/sys/riscv/riscv/pmap.c b/sys/riscv/riscv/pmap.c
index a8f46bed4278..b86ee3a99fb9 100644
--- a/sys/riscv/riscv/pmap.c
+++ b/sys/riscv/riscv/pmap.c
@@ -4187,7 +4187,7 @@ restart:
 		    m));
 		l3 = pmap_l2_to_l3(l2, pv->pv_va);
 		if ((pmap_load(l3) & (PTE_D | PTE_W)) == (PTE_D | PTE_W)) {
-			pmap_clear_bits(l3, PTE_D);
+			pmap_clear_bits(l3, PTE_D | PTE_W);
 			pmap_invalidate_page(pmap, pv->pv_va);
 		}
 		PMAP_UNLOCK(pmap);