diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
index 0608581967f093187cf2970a46033ec9dedfa5f8..666f3da412327f93c4b8b737f2015807140c4400 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c
@@ -1062,8 +1062,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(swapcontext, struct ucontext __user *, old_ctx,
 	 * or if another thread unmaps the region containing the context.
 	 * We kill the task with a SIGSEGV in this situation.
 	 */
-	if (do_setcontext(new_ctx, regs, 0))
-		do_exit(SIGSEGV);
+	if (do_setcontext(new_ctx, regs, 0)) {
+		force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV);
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
 
 	set_thread_flag(TIF_RESTOREALL);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
index 1831bba0582e10dd0ab6ccafed3b1a6a045f1246..d8de622c9e4a2b0eca736cea6ea5d238281a1b67 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c
@@ -703,15 +703,18 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(swapcontext, struct ucontext __user *, old_ctx,
 	 * We kill the task with a SIGSEGV in this situation.
 	 */
 
-	if (__get_user_sigset(&set, &new_ctx->uc_sigmask))
-		do_exit(SIGSEGV);
+	if (__get_user_sigset(&set, &new_ctx->uc_sigmask)) {
+		force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV);
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
 	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (!user_read_access_begin(new_ctx, ctx_size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (__unsafe_restore_sigcontext(current, NULL, 0, &new_ctx->uc_mcontext)) {
 		user_read_access_end();
-		do_exit(SIGSEGV);
+		force_sigsegv(SIGSEGV);
+		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 	user_read_access_end();