diff --git a/target/hexagon/gen_helper_protos.py b/target/hexagon/gen_helper_protos.py
index c82b0f54e4..f8578d5033 100755
--- a/target/hexagon/gen_helper_protos.py
+++ b/target/hexagon/gen_helper_protos.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 ##
-##  Copyright(c) 2019-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+##  Copyright(c) 2019-2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
 ##  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 ##  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -40,7 +40,15 @@ def gen_helper_prototype(f, tag, tagregs, tagimms):
         declared.append(arg.proto_arg)
 
     arguments = ", ".join(declared)
-    f.write(f"DEF_HELPER_{len(declared) - 1}({tag}, {arguments})\n")
+
+    ## Add the TCG_CALL_NO_RWG_SE flag to helpers that don't take the env
+    ## argument and aren't HVX instructions.  Since HVX instructions take
+    ## pointers to their arguments, they will have side effects.
+    if hex_common.need_env(tag) or hex_common.is_hvx_insn(tag):
+        f.write(f"DEF_HELPER_{len(declared) - 1}({tag}, {arguments})\n")
+    else:
+        f.write(f"DEF_HELPER_FLAGS_{len(declared) - 1}({tag}, "
+                f"TCG_CALL_NO_RWG_SE, {arguments})\n")
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/target/hexagon/gen_tcg.h b/target/hexagon/gen_tcg.h
index 1c4391b415..3fc1f4e281 100644
--- a/target/hexagon/gen_tcg.h
+++ b/target/hexagon/gen_tcg.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright(c) 2019-2023 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *  Copyright(c) 2019-2024 Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -1369,3 +1369,6 @@
         gen_helper_raise_exception(tcg_env, excp); \
     } while (0)
 #endif
+
+#define fGEN_TCG_A2_nop(SHORTCODE) do { } while (0)
+#define fGEN_TCG_SA1_setin1(SHORTCODE) tcg_gen_movi_tl(RdV, -1)
diff --git a/target/hexagon/hex_common.py b/target/hexagon/hex_common.py
index 03c9ce1d8a..c09b48bb36 100755
--- a/target/hexagon/hex_common.py
+++ b/target/hexagon/hex_common.py
@@ -206,6 +206,18 @@ def need_sp(tag):
     return "A_IMPLICIT_READS_SP" in attribdict[tag]
 
 
+def is_hvx_insn(tag):
+    return "A_CVI" in attribdict[tag]
+
+
+def need_env(tag):
+    return ("A_STORE" in attribdict[tag] or
+            "A_LOAD" in attribdict[tag] or
+            "A_CVI_GATHER" in attribdict[tag] or
+            "A_CVI_SCATTER" in attribdict[tag] or
+            "A_IMPLICIT_WRITES_USR" in attribdict[tag])
+
+
 def need_slot(tag):
     if (
         "A_CVI_SCATTER" not in attribdict[tag]
@@ -1085,11 +1097,12 @@ def helper_args(tag, regs, imms):
     args = []
 
     ## First argument is the CPU state
-    args.append(HelperArg(
-        "env",
-        "tcg_env",
-        "CPUHexagonState *env"
-    ))
+    if need_env(tag):
+        args.append(HelperArg(
+            "env",
+            "tcg_env",
+            "CPUHexagonState *env"
+        ))
 
     ## For predicated instructions, we pass in the destination register
     if is_predicated(tag):