diff --git a/gcc/config/riscv/thead.md b/gcc/config/riscv/thead.md
index c6bd6887f9f..2287b752ea1 100644
--- a/gcc/config/riscv/thead.md
+++ b/gcc/config/riscv/thead.md
@@ -58,14 +58,25 @@
   [(set_attr "type" "bitmanip")
    (set_attr "mode" "<GPR:MODE>")])
 
-(define_insn "*extend<SHORT:mode><SUPERQI:mode>2_th_ext"
+(define_insn "*extendhi<SUPERQI:mode>2_th_ext"
   [(set (match_operand:SUPERQI 0 "register_operand" "=r,r")
 	(sign_extend:SUPERQI
-	    (match_operand:SHORT 1 "nonimmediate_operand" "r,m")))]
+	    (match_operand:HI 1 "nonimmediate_operand" "r,m")))]
   "TARGET_XTHEADBB"
   "@
    th.ext\t%0,%1,15,0
-   l<SHORT:size>\t%0,%1"
+   lh\t%0,%1"
+  [(set_attr "type" "bitmanip,load")
+   (set_attr "mode" "<SUPERQI:MODE>")])
+
+(define_insn "*extendqi<SUPERQI:mode>2_th_ext"
+  [(set (match_operand:SUPERQI 0 "register_operand" "=r,r")
+	(sign_extend:SUPERQI
+	    (match_operand:QI 1 "nonimmediate_operand" "r,m")))]
+  "TARGET_XTHEADBB"
+  "@
+   th.ext\t%0,%1,7,0
+   lb\t%0,%1"
   [(set_attr "type" "bitmanip,load")
    (set_attr "mode" "<SUPERQI:MODE>")])
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/xtheadbb-ext-2.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/xtheadbb-ext-2.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4645b9c56df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/xtheadbb-ext-2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-march=rv64gc_xtheadbb" { target { rv64 } } } */
+/* { dg-options "-march=rv32gc_xtheadbb" { target { rv32 } } } */
+/* { dg-skip-if "" { *-*-* } { "-O0" "-Os" "-Og" "-Oz" } } */
+
+signed long extqi(signed char i)
+{
+    return --i;
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "th.ext\ta\[0-9\]+,a\[0-9\]+,7,0" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not "th.ext\ta\[0-9\]+,a\[0-9\]+,15,0" } } */
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/xtheadbb-ext-3.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/xtheadbb-ext-3.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c9ebbc563a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/riscv/xtheadbb-ext-3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-march=rv64gc_xtheadbb" { target { rv64 } } } */
+/* { dg-options "-march=rv32gc_xtheadbb" { target { rv32 } } } */
+/* { dg-skip-if "" { *-*-* } { "-O0" "-Os" "-Og" "-Oz" } } */
+
+signed long exthi(signed short i)
+{
+    return --i;
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "th.ext\ta\[0-9\]+,a\[0-9\]+,15,0" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not "th.ext\ta\[0-9\]+,a\[0-9\]+,7,0" } } */