diff --git a/src/target/riscv/riscv_semihosting.c b/src/target/riscv/riscv_semihosting.c
index 1bc4e1a16..da237ef33 100644
--- a/src/target/riscv/riscv_semihosting.c
+++ b/src/target/riscv/riscv_semihosting.c
@@ -141,16 +141,16 @@ enum semihosting_result riscv_semihosting(struct target *target, int *retval)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Resume right after the EBREAK 4 bytes instruction. */
+	*retval = riscv_set_register(target, GDB_REGNO_PC, pc + 4);
+	if (*retval != ERROR_OK)
+		return SEMIHOSTING_ERROR;
+
 	/*
 	 * Resume target if we are not waiting on a fileio
 	 * operation to complete.
 	 */
 	if (semihosting->is_resumable && !semihosting->hit_fileio) {
-		/* Resume right after the EBREAK 4 bytes instruction. */
-		*retval = riscv_set_register(target, GDB_REGNO_PC, pc + 4);
-		if (*retval != ERROR_OK)
-			return SEMIHOSTING_ERROR;
-
 		LOG_DEBUG("   -> HANDLED");
 		return SEMIHOSTING_HANDLED;
 	}