diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
index 144a84f429ed4..6cceca64a6bcf 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/numa/hmat.c
@@ -562,17 +562,26 @@ static int initiator_cmp(void *priv, const struct list_head *a,
 {
 	struct memory_initiator *ia;
 	struct memory_initiator *ib;
-	unsigned long *p_nodes = priv;
 
 	ia = list_entry(a, struct memory_initiator, node);
 	ib = list_entry(b, struct memory_initiator, node);
 
-	set_bit(ia->processor_pxm, p_nodes);
-	set_bit(ib->processor_pxm, p_nodes);
-
 	return ia->processor_pxm - ib->processor_pxm;
 }
 
+static int initiators_to_nodemask(unsigned long *p_nodes)
+{
+	struct memory_initiator *initiator;
+
+	if (list_empty(&initiators))
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(initiator, &initiators, node)
+		set_bit(initiator->processor_pxm, p_nodes);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void hmat_register_target_initiators(struct memory_target *target)
 {
 	static DECLARE_BITMAP(p_nodes, MAX_NUMNODES);
@@ -609,7 +618,10 @@ static void hmat_register_target_initiators(struct memory_target *target)
 	 * initiators.
 	 */
 	bitmap_zero(p_nodes, MAX_NUMNODES);
-	list_sort(p_nodes, &initiators, initiator_cmp);
+	list_sort(NULL, &initiators, initiator_cmp);
+	if (initiators_to_nodemask(p_nodes) < 0)
+		return;
+
 	if (!access0done) {
 		for (i = WRITE_LATENCY; i <= READ_BANDWIDTH; i++) {
 			loc = localities_types[i];
@@ -643,7 +655,9 @@ static void hmat_register_target_initiators(struct memory_target *target)
 
 	/* Access 1 ignores Generic Initiators */
 	bitmap_zero(p_nodes, MAX_NUMNODES);
-	list_sort(p_nodes, &initiators, initiator_cmp);
+	if (initiators_to_nodemask(p_nodes) < 0)
+		return;
+
 	for (i = WRITE_LATENCY; i <= READ_BANDWIDTH; i++) {
 		loc = localities_types[i];
 		if (!loc)