diff --git a/bolt/test/reorder-data-writable-ptload.c b/bolt/test/reorder-data-writable-ptload.c
index 7b384e9655a3283..fa9918779463a7e 100644
--- a/bolt/test/reorder-data-writable-ptload.c
+++ b/bolt/test/reorder-data-writable-ptload.c
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // This test checks that reorder-data pass puts new hot .data section
 // to the writable segment.
 
-// RUN: %clang %cflags -O3 -nostdlib -Wl,-q %s -o %t.exe
+// Use -fPIC -pie to prevent the globals being put in .sdata instead of .data on
+// RISC-V.
+// RUN: %clang %cflags -fPIC -pie -O3 -nostdlib -Wl,-q %s -o %t.exe
 // RUN: llvm-bolt %t.exe -o %t.bolt --reorder-data=".data" \
 // RUN:   -data %S/Inputs/reorder-data-writable-ptload.fdata
 // RUN: llvm-readelf -SlW %t.bolt | FileCheck %s