diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index b918f9eed5fd..8a0eb30eac24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ static int process_sample_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 		goto out_put;
 	}
 
-	if (ann->cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, ann->cpu_bitmap))
+	if (ann->cpu_list && (sample->cpu >= MAX_NR_CPUS ||
+			     !test_bit(sample->cpu, ann->cpu_bitmap)))
 		goto out_put;
 
 	if (!al.filtered &&
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 9592f44b6545..9fa8e900637b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ static int diff__process_sample_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap)) {
+	if (cpu_list && (sample->cpu >= MAX_NR_CPUS ||
+			!test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap))) {
 		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 6f044c3df893..dd1309c32094 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ static int process_sample_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 	if (symbol_conf.hide_unresolved && al.sym == NULL)
 		goto out_put;
 
-	if (rep->cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, rep->cpu_bitmap))
+	if (rep->cpu_list && (sample->cpu >= MAX_NR_CPUS ||
+			     !test_bit(sample->cpu, rep->cpu_bitmap)))
 		goto out_put;
 
 	if (sort__mode == SORT_MODE__BRANCH) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 4de2baf03c50..e7bd3f331cb8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -2192,7 +2192,8 @@ static void timehist_print_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	char nstr[30];
 	u64 wait_time;
 
-	if (cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap))
+	if (cpu_list && (sample->cpu >= MAX_NR_CPUS ||
+			!test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap)))
 		return;
 
 	timestamp__scnprintf_usec(t, tstr, sizeof(tstr));
@@ -2871,7 +2872,8 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 	}
 
 	if (!sched->idle_hist || thread__tid(thread) == 0) {
-		if (!cpu_list || test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap))
+		if (!cpu_list || (sample->cpu < MAX_NR_CPUS &&
+				 test_bit(sample->cpu, cpu_bitmap)))
 			timehist_update_runtime_stats(tr, t, tprev);
 
 		if (sched->idle_hist) {