diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 942346bd9cdb..ffe0e0029437 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -2502,9 +2502,6 @@ static int update_exclusive_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
 	if (cpumask_equal(cs->exclusive_cpus, trialcs->exclusive_cpus))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (alloc_cpumasks(NULL, &tmp))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	if (*buf)
 		compute_effective_exclusive_cpumask(trialcs, NULL);
 
@@ -2519,6 +2516,9 @@ static int update_exclusive_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpuset *trialcs,
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
+	if (alloc_cpumasks(NULL, &tmp))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	if (old_prs) {
 		if (cpumask_empty(trialcs->effective_xcpus)) {
 			invalidate = true;