diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
index d14a9cb7959a..cb675a596302 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
@@ -287,9 +287,7 @@ static void *etb_alloc_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev, int cpu,
 	int node;
 	struct cs_buffers *buf;
 
-	if (cpu == -1)
-		cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
+	node = (cpu == -1) ? NUMA_NO_NODE : cpu_to_node(cpu);
 
 	buf = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct cs_buffers), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!buf)