diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index a44b9350d2ef..41f76c8cd024 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -790,10 +790,6 @@ static int init_cpu_l1_cache_map(int cpu)
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	zalloc_cpumask_var_node(&per_cpu(cpu_l1_cache_map, cpu),
-				GFP_KERNEL,
-				cpu_to_node(cpu));
-
 	cpu_group_start = get_cpu_thread_group_start(cpu, &tg);
 
 	if (unlikely(cpu_group_start == -1)) {
@@ -802,6 +798,9 @@ static int init_cpu_l1_cache_map(int cpu)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	zalloc_cpumask_var_node(&per_cpu(cpu_l1_cache_map, cpu),
+				GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
+
 	for (i = first_thread; i < first_thread + threads_per_core; i++) {
 		int i_group_start = get_cpu_thread_group_start(i, &tg);