diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-cpu.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-cpu.c
index bd7a9ef0be14..df6c049b795a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-cpu.c
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ struct cfs_cpt_data {
 
 static struct cfs_cpt_data	cpt_data;
 
-/* return cpumask of HTs in the same core */
-static void cfs_cpu_ht_siblings(int cpu, cpumask_t *mask)
-{
-	cpumask_copy(mask, topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu));
-}
-
 static void cfs_node_to_cpumask(int node, cpumask_t *mask)
 {
 	cpumask_copy(mask, cpumask_of_node(node));
@@ -646,7 +640,7 @@ cfs_cpt_choose_ncpus(struct cfs_cpt_table *cptab, int cpt,
 			int     i;
 
 			/* get cpumask for hts in the same core */
-			cfs_cpu_ht_siblings(cpu, core);
+			cpumask_copy(core, topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu));
 			cpumask_and(core, core, node);
 
 			LASSERT(!cpumask_empty(core));
@@ -962,7 +956,8 @@ cfs_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 
 		mutex_lock(&cpt_data.cpt_mutex);
 		/* if all HTs in a core are offline, it may break affinity */
-		cfs_cpu_ht_siblings(cpu, cpt_data.cpt_cpumask);
+		cpumask_copy(cpt_data.cpt_cpumask,
+			     topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu));
 		warn = cpumask_any_and(cpt_data.cpt_cpumask,
 				       cpu_online_mask) >= nr_cpu_ids;
 		mutex_unlock(&cpt_data.cpt_mutex);