diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index b9f9b51e0342..316fff2780c0 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -5651,7 +5651,6 @@ static int find_next_best_node(int node, nodemask_t *used_node_mask)
 	int n, val;
 	int min_val = INT_MAX;
 	int best_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
-	const struct cpumask *tmp = cpumask_of_node(0);
 
 	/* Use the local node if we haven't already */
 	if (!node_isset(node, *used_node_mask)) {
@@ -5672,8 +5671,7 @@ static int find_next_best_node(int node, nodemask_t *used_node_mask)
 		val += (n < node);
 
 		/* Give preference to headless and unused nodes */
-		tmp = cpumask_of_node(n);
-		if (!cpumask_empty(tmp))
+		if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask_of_node(n)))
 			val += PENALTY_FOR_NODE_WITH_CPUS;
 
 		/* Slight preference for less loaded node */