diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 54d642fabb7f..fd72dacc5d1b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -1750,7 +1750,7 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 		 * then we can treat it as a scalar input.
 		 */
 		single = cpumask_weight(pred->mask) == 1;
-		if (single && field->filter_type != FILTER_CPU) {
+		if (single) {
 			pred->val = cpumask_first(pred->mask);
 			kfree(pred->mask);
 		}
@@ -1760,7 +1760,12 @@ static int parse_pred(const char *str, void *data,
 				FILTER_PRED_FN_CPUMASK_CPU :
 				FILTER_PRED_FN_CPUMASK;
 		} else if (field->filter_type == FILTER_CPU) {
-			pred->fn_num = FILTER_PRED_FN_CPU_CPUMASK;
+			if (single) {
+				pred->op = pred->op == OP_BAND ? OP_EQ : pred->op;
+				pred->fn_num = FILTER_PRED_FN_CPU;
+			} else {
+				pred->fn_num = FILTER_PRED_FN_CPU_CPUMASK;
+			}
 		} else if (single) {
 			pred->op = pred->op == OP_BAND ? OP_EQ : pred->op;
 			pred->fn_num = select_comparison_fn(pred->op, field->size, false);