diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c b/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
index 6f98c358989a63347a6a1150f99f25b52b106dbe..53a609680c1047dda20b33a4962df662f3d8f4c4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
@@ -924,8 +924,8 @@ static int __init alignment_init(void)
 		ai_usermode = UM_FIXUP;
 	}
 
-	hook_fault_code(1, do_alignment, SIGILL, "alignment exception");
-	hook_fault_code(3, do_alignment, SIGILL, "alignment exception");
+	hook_fault_code(1, do_alignment, SIGBUS, "alignment exception");
+	hook_fault_code(3, do_alignment, SIGBUS, "alignment exception");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index cbfb2edcf7d12a3a1cae18f04c041d94dc055bcc..ce6f3a422c81e3c752389cedecfa15e13fd25f9a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -463,9 +463,9 @@ static struct fsr_info {
 	 * defines these to be "precise" aborts.
 	 */
 	{ do_bad,		SIGSEGV, 0,		"vector exception"		   },
-	{ do_bad,		SIGILL,	 BUS_ADRALN,	"alignment exception"		   },
+	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,	 BUS_ADRALN,	"alignment exception"		   },
 	{ do_bad,		SIGKILL, 0,		"terminal exception"		   },
-	{ do_bad,		SIGILL,	 BUS_ADRALN,	"alignment exception"		   },
+	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,	 BUS_ADRALN,	"alignment exception"		   },
 /* Do we need runtime check ? */
 #if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
 	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,	 0,		"external abort on linefetch"	   },