diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index ecaa4e0fb2c0dc..1f188a0908da67 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -1120,8 +1120,8 @@ int backwards_count;
 char *progname;
 
 #define CPU_SUBSET_MAXCPUS	1024	/* need to use before probe... */
-cpu_set_t *cpu_present_set, *cpu_effective_set, *cpu_allowed_set, *cpu_affinity_set, *cpu_subset;
-size_t cpu_present_setsize, cpu_effective_setsize, cpu_allowed_setsize, cpu_affinity_setsize, cpu_subset_size;
+cpu_set_t *cpu_present_set, *cpu_possible_set, *cpu_effective_set, *cpu_allowed_set, *cpu_affinity_set, *cpu_subset;
+size_t cpu_present_setsize, cpu_possible_setsize, cpu_effective_setsize, cpu_allowed_setsize, cpu_affinity_setsize, cpu_subset_size;
 #define MAX_ADDED_THREAD_COUNTERS 24
 #define MAX_ADDED_CORE_COUNTERS 8
 #define MAX_ADDED_PACKAGE_COUNTERS 16
@@ -8488,6 +8488,33 @@ int dir_filter(const struct dirent *dirp)
 		return 0;
 }
 
+char *possible_file = "/sys/devices/system/cpu/possible";
+char possible_buf[1024];
+
+int initialize_cpu_possible_set(void)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	fp = fopen(possible_file, "r");
+	if (!fp) {
+		warn("open %s", possible_file);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (fread(possible_buf, sizeof(char), 1024, fp) == 0) {
+		warn("read %s", possible_file);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	if (parse_cpu_str(possible_buf, cpu_possible_set, cpu_possible_setsize)) {
+		warnx("%s: cpu str malformat %s\n", possible_file, cpu_effective_str);
+		goto err;
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	fclose(fp);
+	return -1;
+}
+
 void topology_probe(bool startup)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -8519,6 +8546,16 @@ void topology_probe(bool startup)
 	CPU_ZERO_S(cpu_present_setsize, cpu_present_set);
 	for_all_proc_cpus(mark_cpu_present);
 
+	/*
+	 * Allocate and initialize cpu_possible_set
+	 */
+	cpu_possible_set = CPU_ALLOC((topo.max_cpu_num + 1));
+	if (cpu_possible_set == NULL)
+		err(3, "CPU_ALLOC");
+	cpu_possible_setsize = CPU_ALLOC_SIZE((topo.max_cpu_num + 1));
+	CPU_ZERO_S(cpu_possible_setsize, cpu_possible_set);
+	initialize_cpu_possible_set();
+
 	/*
 	 * Allocate and initialize cpu_effective_set
 	 */
@@ -9371,6 +9408,18 @@ void turbostat_init()
 	}
 }
 
+void affinitize_child(void)
+{
+	/* Prefer cpu_possible_set, if available */
+	if (sched_setaffinity(0, cpu_possible_setsize, cpu_possible_set)) {
+		warn("sched_setaffinity cpu_possible_set");
+
+		/* Otherwise, allow child to run on same cpu set as turbostat */
+		if (sched_setaffinity(0, cpu_allowed_setsize, cpu_allowed_set))
+			warn("sched_setaffinity cpu_allowed_set");
+	}
+}
+
 int fork_it(char **argv)
 {
 	pid_t child_pid;
@@ -9386,6 +9435,7 @@ int fork_it(char **argv)
 	child_pid = fork();
 	if (!child_pid) {
 		/* child */
+		affinitize_child();
 		execvp(argv[0], argv);
 		err(errno, "exec %s", argv[0]);
 	} else {