diff --git a/arch/riscv/core/stacktrace.c b/arch/riscv/core/stacktrace.c
index 54f70162420..361e152f00c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/core/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/core/stacktrace.c
@@ -227,10 +227,7 @@ void arch_stack_walk(stack_trace_callback_fn callback_fn, void *cookie,
 static bool in_fatal_stack_bound(uintptr_t addr, const struct k_thread *const thread,
 				 const struct arch_esf *esf)
 {
-	const uintptr_t align =
-		COND_CODE_1(CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER, (ARCH_STACK_PTR_ALIGN), (sizeof(uintptr_t)));
-
-	if (!IS_ALIGNED(addr, align)) {
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(addr, sizeof(uintptr_t))) {
 		return false;
 	}