diff --git a/target/riscv/gdbstub.c b/target/riscv/gdbstub.c
index 704f3d6922..294f0ceb1c 100644
--- a/target/riscv/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/riscv/gdbstub.c
@@ -406,7 +406,10 @@ void riscv_cpu_register_gdb_regs_for_features(CPUState *cs)
         g_assert_not_reached();
     }
 
-    gdb_register_coprocessor(cs, riscv_gdb_get_csr, riscv_gdb_set_csr,
-                             riscv_gen_dynamic_csr_xml(cs, cs->gdb_num_regs),
-                             "riscv-csr.xml", 0);
+    if (cpu->cfg.ext_icsr) {
+        int base_reg = cs->gdb_num_regs;
+        gdb_register_coprocessor(cs, riscv_gdb_get_csr, riscv_gdb_set_csr,
+                                 riscv_gen_dynamic_csr_xml(cs, base_reg),
+                                 "riscv-csr.xml", 0);
+    }
 }