diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 784933ac..7724e04 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -114,12 +114,15 @@
 	if (!slab_is_available()) {
 		prof_buffer = alloc_bootmem(buffer_bytes);
 		alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&prof_cpu_mask);
+		cpumask_copy(prof_cpu_mask, cpu_possible_mask);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&prof_cpu_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	cpumask_copy(prof_cpu_mask, cpu_possible_mask);
+
 	prof_buffer = kzalloc(buffer_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (prof_buffer)
 		return 0;