Index: llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCV.td
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCV.td
+++ llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCV.td
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
                            AssemblerPredicate<(all_of FeatureStdExtC),
                            "'C' (Compressed 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),
+                            AssemblerPredicate<(all_of(not FeatureNoRVCHints)),
                             "RVC Hint Instructions">;
 
 def Feature64Bit
@@ -107,15 +107,13 @@
 // 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]>;
 
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Index: llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVSubtarget.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVSubtarget.h
+++ llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVSubtarget.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   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;
Index: llvm/test/MC/RISCV/rv32c-invalid.s
===================================================================
--- llvm/test/MC/RISCV/rv32c-invalid.s
+++ 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