diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index de3de997e245..8039d62ae36e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ void register_sched_domain_sysctl(void)
 {
 	static struct ctl_table *cpu_entries;
 	static struct ctl_table **cpu_idx;
+	static bool init_done = false;
 	char buf[32];
 	int i;
 
@@ -344,7 +345,10 @@ void register_sched_domain_sysctl(void)
 	if (!cpumask_available(sd_sysctl_cpus)) {
 		if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&sd_sysctl_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
 			return;
+	}
 
+	if (!init_done) {
+		init_done = true;
 		/* init to possible to not have holes in @cpu_entries */
 		cpumask_copy(sd_sysctl_cpus, cpu_possible_mask);
 	}