diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
index 026f671ea558..78193e4bbdb5 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ int alloc_cpu_buffers(void)
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		struct oprofile_cpu_buffer * b = &cpu_buffer[i];
  
-		b->buffer = vmalloc(sizeof(struct op_sample) * buffer_size);
+		b->buffer = vmalloc_node(sizeof(struct op_sample) * buffer_size,
+			cpu_to_node(i));
 		if (!b->buffer)
 			goto fail;