diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.cpp
index 1cd7ac98b3490..d8f31c7ca71a6 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.cpp
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ void MacroAssembler::movoop(Register dst, jobject obj) {
   RelocationHolder rspec = oop_Relocation::spec(oop_index);
 
   if (BarrierSet::barrier_set()->barrier_set_assembler()->supports_instruction_patching()) {
-    mv(dst, Address((address)obj, rspec));
+    la(dst, Address((address)obj, rspec));
   } else {
     address dummy = address(uintptr_t(pc()) & -wordSize); // A nearby aligned address
     ld_constant(dst, Address(dummy, rspec));
@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@ void MacroAssembler::mov_metadata(Register dst, Metadata* obj) {
     oop_index = oop_recorder()->find_index(obj);
   }
   RelocationHolder rspec = metadata_Relocation::spec(oop_index);
-  mv(dst, Address((address)obj, rspec));
+  la(dst, Address((address)obj, rspec));
 }
 
 // Writes to stack successive pages until offset reached to check for
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.hpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.hpp
index a46f3d5779e09..7c77edd8711ce 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/macroAssembler_riscv.hpp
@@ -763,13 +763,6 @@ class MacroAssembler: public Assembler {
   template<typename T, ENABLE_IF(std::is_integral<T>::value)>
   inline void mv(Register Rd, T o)                    { li(Rd, (int64_t)o); }
 
-  void mv(Register Rd, Address dest) {
-    assert(dest.getMode() == Address::literal, "Address mode should be Address::literal");
-    relocate(dest.rspec(), [&] {
-      movptr(Rd, dest.target());
-    });
-  }
-
   void mv(Register Rd, RegisterOrConstant src) {
     if (src.is_register()) {
       mv(Rd, src.as_register());