diff --git a/linux-user/openrisc/cpu_loop.c b/linux-user/openrisc/cpu_loop.c
index 592901a68b..7683bea064 100644
--- a/linux-user/openrisc/cpu_loop.c
+++ b/linux-user/openrisc/cpu_loop.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUOpenRISCState *env)
     CPUState *cs = env_cpu(env);
     int trapnr;
     abi_long ret;
-    target_siginfo_t info;
 
     for (;;) {
         cpu_exec_start(cs);
@@ -55,27 +54,16 @@ void cpu_loop(CPUOpenRISCState *env)
             }
             break;
         case EXCP_ALIGN:
-            info.si_signo = TARGET_SIGBUS;
-            info.si_errno = 0;
-            info.si_code = TARGET_BUS_ADRALN;
-            info._sifields._sigfault._addr = env->pc;
-            queue_signal(env, info.si_signo, QEMU_SI_FAULT, &info);
+            force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGBUS, TARGET_BUS_ADRALN, env->eear);
             break;
         case EXCP_ILLEGAL:
-            info.si_signo = TARGET_SIGILL;
-            info.si_errno = 0;
-            info.si_code = TARGET_ILL_ILLOPC;
-            info._sifields._sigfault._addr = env->pc;
-            queue_signal(env, info.si_signo, QEMU_SI_FAULT, &info);
+            force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGILL, TARGET_ILL_ILLOPC, env->pc);
             break;
         case EXCP_INTERRUPT:
             /* We processed the pending cpu work above.  */
             break;
         case EXCP_DEBUG:
-            info.si_signo = TARGET_SIGTRAP;
-            info.si_errno = 0;
-            info.si_code = TARGET_TRAP_BRKPT;
-            queue_signal(env, info.si_signo, QEMU_SI_FAULT, &info);
+            force_sig_fault(TARGET_SIGTRAP, TARGET_TRAP_BRKPT, env->pc);
             break;
         case EXCP_ATOMIC:
             cpu_exec_step_atomic(cs);