diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
index b69f926d314b..4404a99eee45 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -104,9 +104,15 @@ static int perf_mmap__aio_bind(struct mmap *map, int idx, struct perf_cpu cpu, i
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (affinity != PERF_AFFINITY_SYS && cpu__max_node() > 1) {
+		int node;
+
 		data = map->aio.data[idx];
 		mmap_len = mmap__mmap_len(map);
-		node_index = cpu__get_node(cpu);
+		node = cpu__get_node(cpu);
+		/* -1 sign-extends to ULONG_MAX, wrapping bitmap_zalloc(0) and OOB __set_bit */
+		if (node < 0)
+			return 0;
+		node_index = node;
 		node_mask = bitmap_zalloc(node_index + 1);
 		if (!node_mask) {
 			pr_err("Failed to allocate node mask for mbind: error %m\n");