diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/gc/shared/barrierSetAssembler_riscv.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/gc/shared/barrierSetAssembler_riscv.cpp
index 387db778c1f..a0be79d0281 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/gc/shared/barrierSetAssembler_riscv.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/gc/shared/barrierSetAssembler_riscv.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void BarrierSetAssembler::nmethod_entry_barrier(MacroAssembler* masm, Label* slo
   BarrierSetNMethod* bs_nm = BarrierSet::barrier_set()->barrier_set_nmethod();
   Assembler::IncompressibleScope scope(masm); // Fixed length: see entry_barrier_offset()
 
-  Label local_guard;
+  Label local_guard, skip_barrier;
   NMethodPatchingType patching_type = nmethod_patching_type();
 
   if (slow_path == nullptr) {
@@ -290,24 +290,26 @@ void BarrierSetAssembler::nmethod_entry_barrier(MacroAssembler* masm, Label* slo
       ShouldNotReachHere();
   }
 
+  Label& barrier_target = slow_path == nullptr ? skip_barrier : *slow_path;
   if (slow_path == nullptr) {
-    Label skip_barrier;
-    __ beq(t0, t1, skip_barrier);
+    __ beq(t0, t1, barrier_target, true /* is_far */);
+  } else {
+    __ bne(t0, t1, barrier_target, true /* is_far */);
+  }
 
+  if (slow_path == nullptr) {
     __ rt_call(StubRoutines::method_entry_barrier());
-
     __ j(skip_barrier);
 
     __ bind(local_guard);
 
     MacroAssembler::assert_alignment(__ pc());
     __ emit_int32(0); // nmethod guard value. Skipped over in common case.
-    __ bind(skip_barrier);
   } else {
-    __ beq(t0, t1, *continuation);
-    __ j(*slow_path);
     __ bind(*continuation);
   }
+
+  __ bind(skip_barrier);
 }
 
 void BarrierSetAssembler::c2i_entry_barrier(MacroAssembler* masm) {
diff --git a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/gc/shared/barrierSetNMethod_riscv.cpp b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/gc/shared/barrierSetNMethod_riscv.cpp
index ac619f83f7d..0d398e08d3d 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/gc/shared/barrierSetNMethod_riscv.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/cpu/riscv/gc/shared/barrierSetNMethod_riscv.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2020, 2022, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
@@ -41,17 +41,16 @@
 
 static int slow_path_size(nmethod* nm) {
   // The slow path code is out of line with C2.
-  // Leave a jal to the stub in the fast path.
-  return nm->is_compiled_by_c2() ? 1 : 8;
+  return nm->is_compiled_by_c2() ? 0 : 4;
 }
 
 static int entry_barrier_offset(nmethod* nm) {
   BarrierSetAssembler* bs_asm = BarrierSet::barrier_set()->barrier_set_assembler();
   switch (bs_asm->nmethod_patching_type()) {
     case NMethodPatchingType::stw_instruction_and_data_patch:
-      return -4 * (4 + slow_path_size(nm));
+      return -4 * (5 + slow_path_size(nm));
     case NMethodPatchingType::conc_instruction_and_data_patch:
-      return -4 * (15 + slow_path_size(nm));
+      return -4 * ((UseZtso ? 14 : 16) + slow_path_size(nm));
   }
   ShouldNotReachHere();
   return 0;
@@ -103,6 +102,10 @@ class NativeNMethodBarrier {
         }
         _guard_addr = reinterpret_cast<int*>(instruction_address() + local_guard_offset(nm));
       }
+
+      // Perform the checking as verification.
+      err_msg msg("%s", "");
+      assert(check_barrier(msg), "%s", msg.buffer());
   }
 
   int get_value() {
@@ -114,10 +117,6 @@ class NativeNMethodBarrier {
   }
 
   bool check_barrier(err_msg& msg) const;
-  void verify() const {
-    err_msg msg("%s", "");
-    assert(check_barrier(msg), "%s", msg.buffer());
-  }
 };
 
 // Store the instruction bitmask, bits and name for checking the barrier.
@@ -128,8 +127,8 @@ struct CheckInsn {
 };
 
 static const struct CheckInsn barrierInsn[] = {
-  { 0x00000fff, 0x00000297, "auipc  t0, 0                     "},
-  { 0x000fffff, 0x0002e283, "lwu    t0, guard_offset(t0)      "},
+  { 0x00000fff, 0x00000297, "auipc  t0, 0               " },
+  { 0x000fffff, 0x0002e283, "lwu    t0, guard_offset(t0)" },
   /* ...... */
   /* ...... */
   /* guard: */
@@ -141,10 +140,11 @@ static const struct CheckInsn barrierInsn[] = {
 // register numbers and immediate values in the encoding.
 bool NativeNMethodBarrier::check_barrier(err_msg& msg) const {
   address addr = instruction_address();
-  for(unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(barrierInsn)/sizeof(struct CheckInsn); i++ ) {
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(barrierInsn) / sizeof(struct CheckInsn); i++) {
     uint32_t inst = Assembler::ld_instr(addr);
     if ((inst & barrierInsn[i].mask) != barrierInsn[i].bits) {
-      msg.print("Addr: " INTPTR_FORMAT " Code: 0x%x not an %s instruction", p2i(addr), inst, barrierInsn[i].name);
+      msg.print("Nmethod entry barrier did not start with auipc & lwu as expected. "
+                "Addr: " INTPTR_FORMAT " Code: 0x%x not an %s instruction.", p2i(addr), inst, barrierInsn[i].name);
       return false;
     }
     addr += 4;