diff --git a/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c b/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
index f1eeaa12b9..d2a42a347b 100644
--- a/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
+++ b/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ static bool cpu_cfg_ext_is_user_set(uint32_t ext_offset)
                                  GUINT_TO_POINTER(ext_offset));
 }
 
+static bool cpu_misa_ext_is_user_set(uint32_t misa_bit)
+{
+    return g_hash_table_contains(misa_ext_user_opts,
+                                 GUINT_TO_POINTER(misa_bit));
+}
+
 static void cpu_cfg_ext_add_user_opt(uint32_t ext_offset, bool value)
 {
     g_hash_table_insert(multi_ext_user_opts, GUINT_TO_POINTER(ext_offset),
@@ -357,6 +363,46 @@ static void riscv_cpu_update_named_features(RISCVCPU *cpu)
                       cpu->cfg.cboz_blocksize == 64;
 }
 
+static void riscv_cpu_validate_g(RISCVCPU *cpu)
+{
+    const char *warn_msg = "RVG mandates disabled extension %s";
+    uint32_t g_misa_bits[] = {RVI, RVM, RVA, RVF, RVD};
+    bool send_warn = cpu_misa_ext_is_user_set(RVG);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(g_misa_bits); i++) {
+        uint32_t bit = g_misa_bits[i];
+
+        if (riscv_has_ext(&cpu->env, bit)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (!cpu_misa_ext_is_user_set(bit)) {
+            riscv_cpu_write_misa_bit(cpu, bit, true);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (send_warn) {
+            warn_report(warn_msg, riscv_get_misa_ext_name(bit));
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!cpu->cfg.ext_zicsr) {
+        if (!cpu_cfg_ext_is_user_set(CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_zicsr))) {
+            cpu->cfg.ext_zicsr = true;
+        } else if (send_warn) {
+            warn_report(warn_msg, "zicsr");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!cpu->cfg.ext_zifencei) {
+        if (!cpu_cfg_ext_is_user_set(CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_zifencei))) {
+            cpu->cfg.ext_zifencei = true;
+        } else if (send_warn) {
+            warn_report(warn_msg, "zifencei");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /*
  * Check consistency between chosen extensions while setting
  * cpu->cfg accordingly.
@@ -366,31 +412,8 @@ void riscv_cpu_validate_set_extensions(RISCVCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
     CPURISCVState *env = &cpu->env;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-    /* Do some ISA extension error checking */
-    if (riscv_has_ext(env, RVG) &&
-        !(riscv_has_ext(env, RVI) && riscv_has_ext(env, RVM) &&
-          riscv_has_ext(env, RVA) && riscv_has_ext(env, RVF) &&
-          riscv_has_ext(env, RVD) &&
-          cpu->cfg.ext_zicsr && cpu->cfg.ext_zifencei)) {
-
-        if (cpu_cfg_ext_is_user_set(CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_zicsr)) &&
-            !cpu->cfg.ext_zicsr) {
-            error_setg(errp, "RVG requires Zicsr but user set Zicsr to false");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if (cpu_cfg_ext_is_user_set(CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_zifencei)) &&
-            !cpu->cfg.ext_zifencei) {
-            error_setg(errp, "RVG requires Zifencei but user set "
-                       "Zifencei to false");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        cpu_cfg_ext_auto_update(cpu, CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_zicsr), true);
-        cpu_cfg_ext_auto_update(cpu, CPU_CFG_OFFSET(ext_zifencei), true);
-
-        env->misa_ext |= RVI | RVM | RVA | RVF | RVD;
-        env->misa_ext_mask |= RVI | RVM | RVA | RVF | RVD;
+    if (riscv_has_ext(env, RVG)) {
+        riscv_cpu_validate_g(cpu);
     }
 
     if (riscv_has_ext(env, RVI) && riscv_has_ext(env, RVE)) {