diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.txt b/Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.txt
index 1b73fea23b39..14b1492f689b 100644
--- a/Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.txt
+++ b/Documentation/riscv/boot-image-header.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The following 64-byte header is present in decompressed Linux kernel image.
 	u32 res1  = 0;		  /* Reserved */
 	u64 res2  = 0;    	  /* Reserved */
 	u64 magic = 0x5643534952; /* Magic number, little endian, "RISCV" */
-	u32 res3;		  /* Reserved for additional RISC-V specific header */
+	u32 magic2 = 0x56534905;  /* Magic number 2, little endian, "RSC\x05" */
 	u32 res4;		  /* Reserved for PE COFF offset */
 
 This header format is compliant with PE/COFF header and largely inspired from
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ Notes:
 	Bits 16:31 - Major version
 
   This preserves compatibility across newer and older version of the header.
-  The current version is defined as 0.1.
+  The current version is defined as 0.2.
 
-- res3 is reserved for offset to any other additional fields. This makes the
-  header extendible in future. One example would be to accommodate ISA
-  extension for RISC-V in future. For current version, it is set to be zero.
+- The "magic" field is deprecated as of version 0.2.  In a future
+  release, it may be removed.  This originally should have matched up
+  with the ARM64 header "magic" field, but unfortunately does not.
+  The "magic2" field replaces it, matching up with the ARM64 header.
 
-- In current header, the flag field has only one field.
+- In current header, the flags field has only one field.
 	Bit 0: Kernel endianness. 1 if BE, 0 if LE.
 
 - Image size is mandatory for boot loader to load kernel image. Booting will
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/image.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/image.h
index ef28e106f247..344db5244547 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/image.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/image.h
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_IMAGE_H
 #define __ASM_IMAGE_H
 
-#define RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC	"RISCV"
+#define RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC	"RISCV\0\0\0"
+#define RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC2	"RSC\x05"
 
 #define RISCV_IMAGE_FLAG_BE_SHIFT	0
 #define RISCV_IMAGE_FLAG_BE_MASK	0x1
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 #define __HEAD_FLAGS		(__HEAD_FLAG(BE))
 
 #define RISCV_HEADER_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define RISCV_HEADER_VERSION_MINOR 1
+#define RISCV_HEADER_VERSION_MINOR 2
 
 #define RISCV_HEADER_VERSION (RISCV_HEADER_VERSION_MAJOR << 16 | \
 			      RISCV_HEADER_VERSION_MINOR)
@@ -39,9 +40,8 @@
  * @version:		version
  * @res1:		reserved
  * @res2:		reserved
- * @magic:		Magic number
- * @res3:		reserved (will be used for additional RISC-V specific
- *			header)
+ * @magic:		Magic number (RISC-V specific; deprecated)
+ * @magic2:		Magic number 2 (to match the ARM64 'magic' field pos)
  * @res4:		reserved (will be used for PE COFF offset)
  *
  * The intention is for this header format to be shared between multiple
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct riscv_image_header {
 	u32 res1;
 	u64 res2;
 	u64 magic;
-	u32 res3;
+	u32 magic2;
 	u32 res4;
 };
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
index 0f1ba17e476f..52eec0c1bf30 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 	.word RISCV_HEADER_VERSION
 	.word 0
 	.dword 0
-	.asciz RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC
-	.word 0
+	.ascii RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC
 	.balign 4
+	.ascii RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC2
 	.word 0
 
 .global _start_kernel