diff --git a/io_uring/sqpoll.c b/io_uring/sqpoll.c
index 7adfcf6818ff..7c79685baeb1 100644
--- a/io_uring/sqpoll.c
+++ b/io_uring/sqpoll.c
@@ -461,15 +461,22 @@ __cold int io_sq_offload_create(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 			return 0;
 
 		if (p->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQ_AFF) {
-			struct cpumask allowed_mask;
+			cpumask_var_t allowed_mask;
 			int cpu = p->sq_thread_cpu;
 
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids || !cpu_online(cpu))
 				goto err_sqpoll;
-			cpuset_cpus_allowed(current, &allowed_mask);
-			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &allowed_mask))
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&allowed_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
 				goto err_sqpoll;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			cpuset_cpus_allowed(current, allowed_mask);
+			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, allowed_mask)) {
+				free_cpumask_var(allowed_mask);
+				goto err_sqpoll;
+			}
+			free_cpumask_var(allowed_mask);
 			sqd->sq_cpu = cpu;
 		} else {
 			sqd->sq_cpu = -1;