diff --git a/linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c b/linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c
index b8ece169f9..d4b4f0c71f 100644
--- a/linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c
+++ b/linux-user/arm/cpu_loop.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ static void arm_kernel_cmpxchg64_helper(CPUARMState *env)
 {
     uint64_t oldval, newval, val;
     uint32_t addr, cpsr;
-    target_siginfo_t info;
 
     /* Based on the 32 bit code in do_kernel_trap */
 
@@ -142,12 +141,9 @@ segv:
     end_exclusive();
     /* We get the PC of the entry address - which is as good as anything,
        on a real kernel what you get depends on which mode it uses. */
-    info.si_signo = TARGET_SIGSEGV;
-    info.si_errno = 0;
     /* XXX: check env->error_code */
-    info.si_code = TARGET_SEGV_MAPERR;
-    info._sifields._sigfault._addr = env->exception.vaddress;
-    queue_signal(env, info.si_signo, QEMU_SI_FAULT, &info);
+    force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGSEGV, TARGET_SEGV_MAPERR,
+                    env->exception.vaddress);
 }
 
 /* Handle a jump to the kernel code page.  */
@@ -285,8 +281,6 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUARMState *env)
     CPUState *cs = env_cpu(env);
     int trapnr;
     unsigned int n, insn;
-    target_siginfo_t info;
-    uint32_t addr;
     abi_ulong ret;
 
     for(;;) {
@@ -321,11 +315,8 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUARMState *env)
                     break;
                 }
 
-                info.si_signo = TARGET_SIGILL;
-                info.si_errno = 0;
-                info.si_code = TARGET_ILL_ILLOPN;
-                info._sifields._sigfault._addr = env->regs[15];
-                queue_signal(env, info.si_signo, QEMU_SI_FAULT, &info);
+                force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGILL, TARGET_ILL_ILLOPN,
+                                env->regs[15]);
             }
             break;
         case EXCP_SWI:
@@ -393,18 +384,14 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUARMState *env)
                              * Otherwise SIGILL. This includes any SWI with
                              * immediate not originally 0x9fxxxx, because
                              * of the earlier XOR.
+                             * Like the real kernel, we report the addr of the
+                             * SWI in the siginfo si_addr but leave the PC
+                             * pointing at the insn after the SWI.
                              */
-                            info.si_signo = TARGET_SIGILL;
-                            info.si_errno = 0;
-                            info.si_code = TARGET_ILL_ILLTRP;
-                            info._sifields._sigfault._addr = env->regs[15];
-                            if (env->thumb) {
-                                info._sifields._sigfault._addr -= 2;
-                            } else {
-                                info._sifields._sigfault._addr -= 4;
-                            }
-                            queue_signal(env, info.si_signo,
-                                         QEMU_SI_FAULT, &info);
+                            abi_ulong faultaddr = env->regs[15];
+                            faultaddr -= env->thumb ? 2 : 4;
+                            force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGILL, TARGET_ILL_ILLTRP,
+                                            faultaddr);
                         }
                         break;
                     }
@@ -435,24 +422,14 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUARMState *env)
             break;
         case EXCP_PREFETCH_ABORT:
         case EXCP_DATA_ABORT:
-            addr = env->exception.vaddress;
-            {
-                info.si_signo = TARGET_SIGSEGV;
-                info.si_errno = 0;
-                /* XXX: check env->error_code */
-                info.si_code = TARGET_SEGV_MAPERR;
-                info._sifields._sigfault._addr = addr;
-                queue_signal(env, info.si_signo, QEMU_SI_FAULT, &info);
-            }
+            /* XXX: check env->error_code */
+            force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGSEGV, TARGET_SEGV_MAPERR,
+                            env->exception.vaddress);
             break;
         case EXCP_DEBUG:
         case EXCP_BKPT:
         excp_debug:
-            info.si_signo = TARGET_SIGTRAP;
-            info.si_errno = 0;
-            info.si_code = TARGET_TRAP_BRKPT;
-            info._sifields._sigfault._addr = env->regs[15];
-            queue_signal(env, info.si_signo, QEMU_SI_FAULT, &info);
+            force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGTRAP, TARGET_TRAP_BRKPT, env->regs[15]);
             break;
         case EXCP_KERNEL_TRAP:
             if (do_kernel_trap(env))
