diff --git a/grub-core/kern/riscv/efi/startup.S b/grub-core/kern/riscv/efi/startup.S
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+/*
+ *  GRUB  --  GRand Unified Bootloader
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ *  GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with GRUB.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <grub/symbol.h>
+
+#if __riscv_xlen == 64
+#define sl		sd
+#define ll		ld
+#else
+#define sl		sw
+#define ll		lw
+#endif
+
+
+	.file 	"startup.S"
+	.text
+FUNCTION(_start)
+	/*
+	 *  EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE and EFI_HANDLE are passed in a1/a0.
+	 */
+
+	ll	a2, efi_image_handle_val
+	sl	a0, 0(a2)
+	ll	a2, efi_system_table_val
+	sl	a1, 0(a2)
+	ll	a2, grub_main_val
+	jr	a2
+grub_main_val:
+	.quad	EXT_C(grub_main)
+efi_system_table_val:
+	.quad	EXT_C(grub_efi_system_table)
+efi_image_handle_val:
+	.quad	EXT_C(grub_efi_image_handle)