diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index f35719aab3c1..251acea3d359 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static ssize_t print_cpus_offline(struct sysdev_class *class,
 	/* display offline cpus < nr_cpu_ids */
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&offline, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	cpumask_complement(offline, cpu_online_mask);
+	cpumask_andnot(offline, cpu_possible_mask, cpu_online_mask);
 	n = cpulist_scnprintf(buf, len, offline);
 	free_cpumask_var(offline);