diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCV.td b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCV.td
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCV.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCV.td
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@
                            AssemblerPredicate<(all_of FeatureStdExtB),
                            "'B' (Bit Manipulation Instructions)">;
 
-def FeatureRVCHints
-    : SubtargetFeature<"rvc-hints", "EnableRVCHintInstrs", "true",
-                       "Enable RVC Hint Instructions.">;
+def FeatureNoRVCHints
+    : SubtargetFeature<"no-rvc-hints", "EnableRVCHintInstrs", "false",
+                       "Disable RVC Hint Instructions.">;
 def HasRVCHints : Predicate<"Subtarget->enableRVCHintInstrs()">,
-                            AssemblerPredicate<(all_of FeatureRVCHints),
-                            "RVC Hint Instructions">;
+                  AssemblerPredicate<(all_of(not FeatureNoRVCHints)),
+                                     "RVC Hint Instructions">;
 
 def FeatureStdExtV
     : SubtargetFeature<"experimental-v", "HasStdExtV", "true",
@@ -207,15 +207,13 @@
 // RISC-V processors supported.
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-def : ProcessorModel<"generic-rv32", NoSchedModel, [FeatureRVCHints]>;
+def : ProcessorModel<"generic-rv32", NoSchedModel, []>;
 
-def : ProcessorModel<"generic-rv64", NoSchedModel, [Feature64Bit,
-                     FeatureRVCHints]>;
+def : ProcessorModel<"generic-rv64", NoSchedModel, [Feature64Bit]>;
 
-def : ProcessorModel<"rocket-rv32", Rocket32Model, [FeatureRVCHints]>;
+def : ProcessorModel<"rocket-rv32", Rocket32Model, []>;
 
-def : ProcessorModel<"rocket-rv64", Rocket64Model, [Feature64Bit,
-                     FeatureRVCHints]>;
+def : ProcessorModel<"rocket-rv64", Rocket64Model, [Feature64Bit]>;
 
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVSubtarget.h b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVSubtarget.h
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVSubtarget.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVSubtarget.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   bool HasRV64 = false;
   bool IsRV32E = false;
   bool EnableLinkerRelax = false;
-  bool EnableRVCHintInstrs = false;
+  bool EnableRVCHintInstrs = true;
   bool EnableSaveRestore = false;
   unsigned XLen = 32;
   MVT XLenVT = MVT::i32;
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/RISCV/rv32c-invalid.s b/llvm/test/MC/RISCV/rv32c-invalid.s
--- a/llvm/test/MC/RISCV/rv32c-invalid.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/RISCV/rv32c-invalid.s
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# RUN: not llvm-mc -triple=riscv32 -mattr=+c -mattr=-rvc-hints < %s 2>&1 \
+# RUN: not llvm-mc -triple=riscv32 -mattr=+c -mattr=+no-rvc-hints < %s 2>&1 \
 # RUN:     | FileCheck %s
 
 ## GPRC