diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b5797b7..c0accc0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7113,9 +7113,6 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
 	alloc_size += 2 * nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(void **);
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
-	alloc_size += num_possible_cpus() * cpumask_size();
-#endif
 	if (alloc_size) {
 		ptr = (unsigned long)kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_NOWAIT);
 
@@ -7135,13 +7132,13 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 		ptr += nr_cpu_ids * sizeof(void **);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED */
+	}
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
-		for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-			per_cpu(load_balance_mask, i) = (void *)ptr;
-			ptr += cpumask_size();
-		}
-#endif /* CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK */
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
+		per_cpu(load_balance_mask, i) = (cpumask_var_t)kzalloc_node(
+			cpumask_size(), GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(i));
 	}
+#endif /* CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK */
 
 	init_rt_bandwidth(&def_rt_bandwidth,
 			global_rt_period(), global_rt_runtime());