diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
index 7226e2462584..2c0f4c887289 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/alternative-macros.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 .macro ALTERNATIVE_CFG_2 old_c, new_c_1, vendor_id_1, errata_id_1, enable_1,	\
 				new_c_2, vendor_id_2, errata_id_2, enable_2
-	ALTERNATIVE_CFG \old_c, \new_c_1, \vendor_id_1, \errata_id_1, \enable_1
+	ALTERNATIVE_CFG "\old_c", "\new_c_1", \vendor_id_1, \errata_id_1, \enable_1
 	ALT_NEW_CONTENT \vendor_id_2, \errata_id_2, \enable_2, \new_c_2
 .endm