diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
index 7af5c6c3653a8061bad62211bbd3073af82ab3f0..b274bde24905a7503f60d38672346636d093854b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #define _ASMARM_BUG_H
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <asm/opcodes.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BUG
 
@@ -12,10 +14,10 @@
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
 #define BUG_INSTR_VALUE 0xde02
-#define BUG_INSTR_TYPE ".hword "
+#define BUG_INSTR(__value) __inst_thumb16(__value)
 #else
 #define BUG_INSTR_VALUE 0xe7f001f2
-#define BUG_INSTR_TYPE ".word "
+#define BUG_INSTR(__value) __inst_arm(__value)
 #endif
 
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #define __BUG(__file, __line, __value)				\
 do {								\
-	asm volatile("1:\t" BUG_INSTR_TYPE #__value "\n"	\
+	asm volatile("1:\t" BUG_INSTR(__value) "\n"  \
 		".pushsection .rodata.str, \"aMS\", %progbits, 1\n" \
 		"2:\t.asciz " #__file "\n" 			\
 		".popsection\n" 				\
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ do {								\
 
 #define __BUG(__file, __line, __value)				\
 do {								\
-	asm volatile(BUG_INSTR_TYPE #__value);			\
+	asm volatile(BUG_INSTR(__value) "\n");			\
 	unreachable();						\
 } while (0)
 #endif  /* CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index caf96da27360210439be9bba919c6233681cb02f..6125f259b7b5359072b0cd7a07e122fcd2bda4bd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -342,15 +342,17 @@ void arm_notify_die(const char *str, struct pt_regs *regs,
 int is_valid_bugaddr(unsigned long pc)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
-	unsigned short bkpt;
+	u16 bkpt;
+	u16 insn = __opcode_to_mem_thumb16(BUG_INSTR_VALUE);
 #else
-	unsigned long bkpt;
+	u32 bkpt;
+	u32 insn = __opcode_to_mem_arm(BUG_INSTR_VALUE);
 #endif
 
 	if (probe_kernel_address((unsigned *)pc, bkpt))
 		return 0;
 
-	return bkpt == BUG_INSTR_VALUE;
+	return bkpt == insn;
 }
 
 #endif