diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c b/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
index 77cfdbed9501..d073b64ae87e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/alignment.c
@@ -926,8 +926,18 @@ static int __init alignment_init(void)
 
 	hook_fault_code(1, do_alignment, SIGBUS, BUS_ADRALN,
 			"alignment exception");
-	hook_fault_code(3, do_alignment, SIGBUS, BUS_ADRALN,
-			"alignment exception");
+
+	/*
+	 * ARMv6K and ARMv7 use fault status 3 (0b00011) as Access Flag section
+	 * fault, not as alignment error.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: handle ARMv6K properly. Runtime check for 'K' extension is
+	 * needed.
+	 */
+	if (cpu_architecture() <= CPU_ARCH_ARMv6) {
+		hook_fault_code(3, do_alignment, SIGBUS, BUS_ADRALN,
+				"alignment exception");
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index 5835e63454ff..23b0b03af5ea 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -607,6 +607,17 @@ static int __init exceptions_init(void)
 				"I-cache maintenance fault");
 	}
 
+	if (cpu_architecture() >= CPU_ARCH_ARMv7) {
+		/*
+		 * TODO: Access flag faults introduced in ARMv6K.
+		 * Runtime check for 'K' extension is needed
+		 */
+		hook_fault_code(3, do_bad, SIGSEGV, SEGV_MAPERR,
+				"section access flag fault");
+		hook_fault_code(6, do_bad, SIGSEGV, SEGV_MAPERR,
+				"section access flag fault");
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }