diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 78a73eba64dd6..d5cc88514aee6 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -663,9 +663,7 @@ static inline int cpumask_parselist_user(const char __user *buf, int len,
  */
 static inline int cpumask_parse(const char *buf, struct cpumask *dstp)
 {
-	unsigned int len = strchrnul(buf, '\n') - buf;
-
-	return bitmap_parse(buf, len, cpumask_bits(dstp), nr_cpumask_bits);
+	return bitmap_parse(buf, UINT_MAX, cpumask_bits(dstp), nr_cpumask_bits);
 }
 
 /**