diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index 3db4866d7880f..7c8dc0443d6a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -813,12 +813,10 @@ static void comp_irqs_release_pci(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 static int comp_irqs_request_pci(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_eq_table *table = dev->priv.eq_table;
-	const struct cpumask *prev = cpu_none_mask;
-	const struct cpumask *mask;
 	int ncomp_eqs;
 	u16 *cpus;
 	int ret;
-	int cpu;
+	int cpu, hop;
 	int i;
 
 	ncomp_eqs = table->num_comp_eqs;
@@ -828,15 +826,11 @@ static int comp_irqs_request_pci(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 
 	i = 0;
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	for_each_numa_hop_mask(mask, dev->priv.numa_node) {
-		for_each_cpu_andnot(cpu, mask, prev) {
-			cpus[i] = cpu;
-			if (++i == ncomp_eqs)
-				goto spread_done;
-		}
-		prev = mask;
+	for_each_numa_online_cpu(cpu, hop, dev->priv.numa_node) {
+		cpus[i] = cpu;
+		if (++i == ncomp_eqs)
+			break;
 	}
-spread_done:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	ret = mlx5_irqs_request_vectors(dev, cpus, ncomp_eqs, table->comp_irqs, &table->rmap);
 	kfree(cpus);