diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 0e4edde92..3d9f6a4f1 100755
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
-#include <linux/cpuset.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/bvec.h>
@@ -8775,12 +8774,10 @@ static int io_sq_offload_create(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 			return 0;
 
 		if (p->flags & IORING_SETUP_SQ_AFF) {
-			struct cpumask allowed_mask;
 			int cpu = p->sq_thread_cpu;
 
 			ret = -EINVAL;
-			cpuset_cpus_allowed(current, &allowed_mask);
-			if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &allowed_mask))
+			if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids || !cpu_online(cpu))
 				goto err_sqpoll;
 			sqd->sq_cpu = cpu;
 		} else {