diff --git a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
index 4f495dcbf670..f9464e566f10 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/hashtab.c
@@ -1054,14 +1054,17 @@ static void pcpu_init_value(struct bpf_htab *htab, void __percpu *pptr,
 	/* When not setting the initial value on all cpus, zero-fill element
 	 * values for other cpus. Otherwise, bpf program has no way to ensure
 	 * known initial values for cpus other than current one
-	 * (onallcpus=false always when coming from bpf prog).
+	 * (onallcpus=false always when coming from bpf prog,
+	 *  map_flags & BPF_F_CPU when coming from syscall but setting
+	 *  only one cpu).
 	 */
-	if (!onallcpus) {
-		int current_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
+	if (!onallcpus || (map_flags & BPF_F_CPU)) {
+		int init_cpu = (map_flags & BPF_F_CPU) ? map_flags >> 32 :
+			       raw_smp_processor_id();
 		int cpu;
 
 		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-			if (cpu == current_cpu)
+			if (cpu == init_cpu)
 				copy_map_value(&htab->map, per_cpu_ptr(pptr, cpu), value);
 			else /* Since elem is preallocated, we cannot touch special fields */
 				zero_map_value(&htab->map, per_cpu_ptr(pptr, cpu));