diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c b/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
index b40ae438f531..ae2691942ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_vm.c
@@ -147,14 +147,14 @@ static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm_shm_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (address > vma->vm_end)
 		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;	/* Disallow mremap */
 	if (!map)
-		return NOPAGE_OOM;	/* Nothing allocated */
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;	/* Nothing allocated */
 
 	offset = address - vma->vm_start;
 	i = (unsigned long)map->handle + offset;
 	page = (map->type == _DRM_CONSISTENT) ?
 		virt_to_page((void *)i) : vmalloc_to_page((void *)i);
 	if (!page)
-		return NOPAGE_OOM;
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
 	get_page(page);
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("shm_nopage 0x%lx\n", address);
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm_dma_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (address > vma->vm_end)
 		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;	/* Disallow mremap */
 	if (!dma->pagelist)
-		return NOPAGE_OOM;	/* Nothing allocated */
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;	/* Nothing allocated */
 
 	offset = address - vma->vm_start;	/* vm_[pg]off[set] should be 0 */
 	page_nr = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static __inline__ struct page *drm_do_vm_sg_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	if (address > vma->vm_end)
 		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;	/* Disallow mremap */
 	if (!entry->pagelist)
-		return NOPAGE_OOM;	/* Nothing allocated */
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;	/* Nothing allocated */
 
 	offset = address - vma->vm_start;
 	map_offset = map->offset - (unsigned long)dev->sg->virtual;
diff --git a/sound/core/pcm_native.c b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
index 66e24b5da469..6ea67b16c676 100644
--- a/sound/core/pcm_native.c
+++ b/sound/core/pcm_native.c
@@ -3027,7 +3027,7 @@ static struct page * snd_pcm_mmap_status_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *area,
 	struct page * page;
 	
 	if (substream == NULL)
-		return NOPAGE_OOM;
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
 	runtime = substream->runtime;
 	page = virt_to_page(runtime->status);
 	get_page(page);
@@ -3070,7 +3070,7 @@ static struct page * snd_pcm_mmap_control_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *area,
 	struct page * page;
 	
 	if (substream == NULL)
-		return NOPAGE_OOM;
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
 	runtime = substream->runtime;
 	page = virt_to_page(runtime->control);
 	get_page(page);
@@ -3131,18 +3131,18 @@ static struct page *snd_pcm_mmap_data_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *area,
 	size_t dma_bytes;
 	
 	if (substream == NULL)
-		return NOPAGE_OOM;
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
 	runtime = substream->runtime;
 	offset = area->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	offset += address - area->vm_start;
-	snd_assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0, return NOPAGE_OOM);
+	snd_assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0, return NOPAGE_SIGBUS);
 	dma_bytes = PAGE_ALIGN(runtime->dma_bytes);
 	if (offset > dma_bytes - PAGE_SIZE)
 		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
 	if (substream->ops->page) {
 		page = substream->ops->page(substream, offset);
 		if (! page)
-			return NOPAGE_OOM;
+			return NOPAGE_OOM; /* XXX: is this really due to OOM? */
 	} else {
 		vaddr = runtime->dma_area + offset;
 		page = virt_to_page(vaddr);
diff --git a/sound/oss/via82cxxx_audio.c b/sound/oss/via82cxxx_audio.c
index 17837d4b5ed3..c96cc8c68b3b 100644
--- a/sound/oss/via82cxxx_audio.c
+++ b/sound/oss/via82cxxx_audio.c
@@ -2120,8 +2120,8 @@ static struct page * via_mm_nopage (struct vm_area_struct * vma,
 		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS; /* Disallow mremap */
 	}
         if (!card) {
-		DPRINTK ("EXIT, returning NOPAGE_OOM\n");
-		return NOPAGE_OOM;	/* Nothing allocated */
+		DPRINTK ("EXIT, returning NOPAGE_SIGBUS\n");
+		return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;	/* Nothing allocated */
 	}
 
 	pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((address - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
index 4b52d18dcd53..b76b3dd9df25 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usX2Yhwdep.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static struct page * snd_us428ctls_vm_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *area, unsign
 	
 	offset = area->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	offset += address - area->vm_start;
-	snd_assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0, return NOPAGE_OOM);
+	snd_assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0, return NOPAGE_SIGBUS);
 	vaddr = (char*)((struct usX2Ydev *)area->vm_private_data)->us428ctls_sharedmem + offset;
 	page = virt_to_page(vaddr);
 	get_page(page);