diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index 7c81f634ecb484..5d2bf6d1896152 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -1184,14 +1184,11 @@ static struct etr_buf *
 alloc_etr_buf(struct tmc_drvdata *drvdata, struct perf_event *event,
 	      int nr_pages, void **pages, bool snapshot)
 {
-	int node, cpu = event->cpu;
+	int node;
 	struct etr_buf *etr_buf;
 	unsigned long size;
 
-	if (cpu == -1)
-		cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
-
+	node = (event->cpu == -1) ? NUMA_NO_NODE : cpu_to_node(event->cpu);
 	/*
 	 * Try to match the perf ring buffer size if it is larger
 	 * than the size requested via sysfs.