diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index e5ea6922245957cf80b787e93fe2e170ddd2db43..ab1bd06d7c4488dfc29f3ba275a0d56c90297c12 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -364,18 +364,10 @@ static bool exception_common(int signr, struct pt_regs *regs, int code,
 
 void _exception_pkey(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr, int key)
 {
-	siginfo_t info;
-
 	if (!exception_common(SIGSEGV, regs, SEGV_PKUERR, addr))
 		return;
 
-	clear_siginfo(&info);
-	info.si_signo = SIGSEGV;
-	info.si_code = SEGV_PKUERR;
-	info.si_addr = (void __user *) addr;
-	info.si_pkey = key;
-
-	force_sig_info(info.si_signo, &info, current);
+	force_sig_pkuerr((void __user *) addr, key);
 }
 
 void _exception(int signr, struct pt_regs *regs, int code, unsigned long addr)