diff --git a/sysdeps/riscv/dl-machine.h b/sysdeps/riscv/dl-machine.h
index 0cbb476c05..b2f28697f7 100644
--- a/sysdeps/riscv/dl-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/riscv/dl-machine.h
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ elf_machine_runtime_setup (struct link_map *l, struct r_scope_elem *scope[],
       gotplt[1] = (ElfW(Addr)) l;
     }
 
-  if (l->l_type == lt_executable && l->l_scope != NULL)
+  if (l->l_type == lt_executable && l->l_relocated)
     {
       /* The __global_pointer$ may not be defined by the linker if the
 	 $gp register does not be used to access the global variable