diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/openrisc/kernel/traps.c
index 4085d72fa5ae..9e38dc66c9e4 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -266,12 +266,12 @@ asmlinkage void do_unaligned_access(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address)
 	siginfo_t info;
 
 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
-		/* Send a SIGSEGV */
-		info.si_signo = SIGSEGV;
+		/* Send a SIGBUS */
+		info.si_signo = SIGBUS;
 		info.si_errno = 0;
-		/* info.si_code has been set above */
-		info.si_addr = (void *)address;
-		force_sig_info(SIGSEGV, &info, current);
+		info.si_code = BUS_ADRALN;
+		info.si_addr = (void __user *)address;
+		force_sig_info(SIGBUS, &info, current);
 	} else {
 		printk("KERNEL: Unaligned Access 0x%.8lx\n", address);
 		show_registers(regs);