diff --git a/src/target/riscv/riscv.c b/src/target/riscv/riscv.c
index 873b267ae..299df5333 100644
--- a/src/target/riscv/riscv.c
+++ b/src/target/riscv/riscv.c
@@ -3083,51 +3083,6 @@ static int riscv_read_phys_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t phys_addr
 	return r->read_memory(target, phys_address, size, count, buffer, size);
 }
 
-static int riscv_read_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t address,
-		uint32_t size, uint32_t count, uint8_t *buffer)
-{
-	if (count == 0) {
-		LOG_TARGET_WARNING(target, "0-length read from 0x%" TARGET_PRIxADDR, address);
-		return ERROR_OK;
-	}
-
-	int mmu_enabled;
-	int result = riscv_mmu(target, &mmu_enabled);
-	if (result != ERROR_OK)
-		return result;
-
-	RISCV_INFO(r);
-
-	if (!mmu_enabled)
-		return r->read_memory(target, address, size, count, buffer, size);
-
-	result = check_virt_memory_access(target, address, size, count, false);
-	if (result != ERROR_OK)
-		return result;
-
-	uint32_t current_count = 0;
-	while (current_count < count) {
-		target_addr_t physical_addr;
-		result = target->type->virt2phys(target, address, &physical_addr);
-		if (result != ERROR_OK) {
-			LOG_TARGET_ERROR(target, "Address translation failed.");
-			return result;
-		}
-
-		/* TODO: For simplicity, this algorithm assumes the worst case - the smallest possible page size,
-		 * which is  4 KiB. The algorithm can be improved to detect the real page size, and allow to use larger
-		 * memory transfers and avoid extra unnecessary virt2phys address translations. */
-		uint32_t chunk_count = MIN(count - current_count, (RISCV_PGSIZE - RISCV_PGOFFSET(address)) / size);
-		result = r->read_memory(target, physical_addr, size, chunk_count, buffer + current_count * size, size);
-		if (result != ERROR_OK)
-			return result;
-
-		current_count += chunk_count;
-		address += chunk_count * size;
-	}
-	return ERROR_OK;
-}
-
 static int riscv_write_phys_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t phys_address,
 			uint32_t size, uint32_t count, const uint8_t *buffer)
 {
@@ -3137,11 +3092,16 @@ static int riscv_write_phys_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t phys_add
 	return tt->write_memory(target, phys_address, size, count, buffer);
 }
 
-static int riscv_write_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t address,
-		uint32_t size, uint32_t count, const uint8_t *buffer)
+static int riscv_rw_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t address, uint32_t size,
+		uint32_t count, uint8_t *read_buffer, const uint8_t *write_buffer)
 {
+	/* Exactly one of the buffers must be set, the other must be NULL */
+	assert(!!read_buffer != !!write_buffer);
+
+	const bool is_write = write_buffer ? true : false;
 	if (count == 0) {
-		LOG_TARGET_WARNING(target, "0-length write to 0x%" TARGET_PRIxADDR, address);
+		LOG_TARGET_WARNING(target, "0-length %s 0x%" TARGET_PRIxADDR,
+				is_write ? "write to" : "read from", address);
 		return ERROR_OK;
 	}
 
@@ -3150,14 +3110,19 @@ static int riscv_write_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t address,
 	if (result != ERROR_OK)
 		return result;
 
+	RISCV_INFO(r);
 	struct target_type *tt = get_target_type(target);
 	if (!tt)
 		return ERROR_FAIL;
 
-	if (!mmu_enabled)
-		return tt->write_memory(target, address, size, count, buffer);
+	if (!mmu_enabled) {
+		if (is_write)
+			return tt->write_memory(target, address, size, count, write_buffer);
+		else
+			return r->read_memory(target, address, size, count, read_buffer, size);
+	}
 
-	result = check_virt_memory_access(target, address, size, count, true);
+	result = check_virt_memory_access(target, address, size, count, is_write);
 	if (result != ERROR_OK)
 		return result;
 
@@ -3170,8 +3135,14 @@ static int riscv_write_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t address,
 			return result;
 		}
 
+		/* TODO: For simplicity, this algorithm assumes the worst case - the smallest possible page size,
+		 * which is  4 KiB. The algorithm can be improved to detect the real page size, and allow to use larger
+		 * memory transfers and avoid extra unnecessary virt2phys address translations. */
 		uint32_t chunk_count = MIN(count - current_count, (RISCV_PGSIZE - RISCV_PGOFFSET(address)) / size);
-		result = tt->write_memory(target, physical_addr, size, chunk_count, buffer + current_count * size);
+		if (is_write)
+			result = tt->write_memory(target, physical_addr, size, chunk_count, write_buffer + current_count * size);
+		else
+			result = r->read_memory(target, physical_addr, size, chunk_count, read_buffer + current_count * size, size);
 		if (result != ERROR_OK)
 			return result;
 
@@ -3181,6 +3152,18 @@ static int riscv_write_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t address,
 	return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
+static int riscv_read_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t address,
+		uint32_t size, uint32_t count, uint8_t *buffer)
+{
+	return riscv_rw_memory(target, address, size, count, buffer, NULL);
+}
+
+static int riscv_write_memory(struct target *target, target_addr_t address,
+		uint32_t size, uint32_t count, const uint8_t *buffer)
+{
+	return riscv_rw_memory(target, address, size, count, NULL, buffer);
+}
+
 static const char *riscv_get_gdb_arch(const struct target *target)
 {
 	switch (riscv_xlen(target)) {