diff --git a/kernel/irq/affinity.c b/kernel/irq/affinity.c
index 4d89ad4fae3b..5fb78addff51 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/affinity.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/affinity.c
@@ -269,8 +269,9 @@ static int __irq_build_affinity_masks(unsigned int startvec,
 	 */
 	if (numvecs <= nodes) {
 		for_each_node_mask(n, nodemsk) {
-			cpumask_or(&masks[curvec].mask, &masks[curvec].mask,
-				   node_to_cpumask[n]);
+			/* Ensure that only CPUs which are in both masks are set */
+			cpumask_and(nmsk, cpu_mask, node_to_cpumask[n]);
+			cpumask_or(&masks[curvec].mask, &masks[curvec].mask, nmsk);
 			if (++curvec == last_affv)
 				curvec = firstvec;
 		}