diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
index b89e29c5b39d..23b7ff00af5c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
@@ -377,12 +377,10 @@ static void *tmc_alloc_etf_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
 				  struct perf_event *event, void **pages,
 				  int nr_pages, bool overwrite)
 {
-	int node, cpu = event->cpu;
+	int node;
 	struct cs_buffers *buf;
 
-	if (cpu == -1)
-		cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
+	node = (event->cpu == -1) ? NUMA_NO_NODE : cpu_to_node(event->cpu);
 
 	/* Allocate memory structure for interaction with Perf */
 	buf = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct cs_buffers), GFP_KERNEL, node);