diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index 22a637111aa2..d11ec263d53c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -886,8 +886,7 @@ static int comp_irq_request_sf(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u16 vecidx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	af_desc->is_managed = false;
-	cpumask_copy(&af_desc->mask, cpu_online_mask);
-	cpumask_andnot(&af_desc->mask, &af_desc->mask, &table->used_cpus);
+	cpumask_andnot(&af_desc->mask, cpu_online_mask, &table->used_cpus);
 	irq = mlx5_irq_affinity_request(dev, pool, af_desc);
 	if (IS_ERR(irq)) {
 		kvfree(af_desc);