diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
index e31061308e19e9..e90af39283b19f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
@@ -304,9 +304,7 @@ static void *tmc_alloc_etf_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);
 
 	/* Allocate memory structure for interaction with Perf */
 	buf = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct cs_buffers), GFP_KERNEL, node);