diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv.ad b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv.ad
index 730dd68dd88..ed6e8db0606 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv.ad
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/riscv.ad
@@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ encode %{
       } else if (rtype == relocInfo::metadata_type) {
         __ mov_metadata(dst_reg, (Metadata*)con);
       } else {
-        assert(rtype == relocInfo::none, "unexpected reloc type");
+        assert(rtype == relocInfo::none || rtype == relocInfo::external_word_type, "unexpected reloc type");
         __ mv(dst_reg, $src$$constant);
       }
     }