diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index e2be7bb7ef7e2..ddb528a6cd515 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ static int start_kthread(struct trace_array *tr)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Just pick the first CPU on first iteration */
-	current_mask = &save_cpumask;
 	get_online_cpus();
 	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tracing_buffer_mask);
 	put_online_cpus();