diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
index ad786f8a7cc7..1c7dd42b98c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ struct apic_chip_data {
 
 struct irq_domain *x86_vector_domain;
 static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(vector_lock);
+static cpumask_var_t vector_cpumask;
 static struct irq_chip lapic_controller;
 #ifdef	CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC
 static struct apic_chip_data *legacy_irq_data[NR_IRQS_LEGACY];
@@ -116,14 +117,10 @@ static int __assign_irq_vector(int irq, struct apic_chip_data *d,
 	static int current_vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR + VECTOR_OFFSET_START;
 	static int current_offset = VECTOR_OFFSET_START % 16;
 	int cpu, err;
-	cpumask_var_t tmp_mask;
 
 	if (d->move_in_progress)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tmp_mask, GFP_ATOMIC))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	/* Only try and allocate irqs on cpus that are present */
 	err = -ENOSPC;
 	cpumask_clear(d->old_domain);
@@ -131,21 +128,22 @@ static int __assign_irq_vector(int irq, struct apic_chip_data *d,
 	while (cpu < nr_cpu_ids) {
 		int new_cpu, vector, offset;
 
-		apic->vector_allocation_domain(cpu, tmp_mask, mask);
+		apic->vector_allocation_domain(cpu, vector_cpumask, mask);
 
-		if (cpumask_subset(tmp_mask, d->domain)) {
+		if (cpumask_subset(vector_cpumask, d->domain)) {
 			err = 0;
-			if (cpumask_equal(tmp_mask, d->domain))
+			if (cpumask_equal(vector_cpumask, d->domain))
 				break;
 			/*
 			 * New cpumask using the vector is a proper subset of
 			 * the current in use mask. So cleanup the vector
 			 * allocation for the members that are not used anymore.
 			 */
-			cpumask_andnot(d->old_domain, d->domain, tmp_mask);
+			cpumask_andnot(d->old_domain, d->domain,
+				       vector_cpumask);
 			d->move_in_progress =
 			   cpumask_intersects(d->old_domain, cpu_online_mask);
-			cpumask_and(d->domain, d->domain, tmp_mask);
+			cpumask_and(d->domain, d->domain, vector_cpumask);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -159,16 +157,18 @@ next:
 		}
 
 		if (unlikely(current_vector == vector)) {
-			cpumask_or(d->old_domain, d->old_domain, tmp_mask);
-			cpumask_andnot(tmp_mask, mask, d->old_domain);
-			cpu = cpumask_first_and(tmp_mask, cpu_online_mask);
+			cpumask_or(d->old_domain, d->old_domain,
+				   vector_cpumask);
+			cpumask_andnot(vector_cpumask, mask, d->old_domain);
+			cpu = cpumask_first_and(vector_cpumask,
+						cpu_online_mask);
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		if (test_bit(vector, used_vectors))
 			goto next;
 
-		for_each_cpu_and(new_cpu, tmp_mask, cpu_online_mask) {
+		for_each_cpu_and(new_cpu, vector_cpumask, cpu_online_mask) {
 			if (per_cpu(vector_irq, new_cpu)[vector] >
 			    VECTOR_UNDEFINED)
 				goto next;
@@ -181,14 +181,13 @@ next:
 			d->move_in_progress =
 			   cpumask_intersects(d->old_domain, cpu_online_mask);
 		}
-		for_each_cpu_and(new_cpu, tmp_mask, cpu_online_mask)
+		for_each_cpu_and(new_cpu, vector_cpumask, cpu_online_mask)
 			per_cpu(vector_irq, new_cpu)[vector] = irq;
 		d->cfg.vector = vector;
-		cpumask_copy(d->domain, tmp_mask);
+		cpumask_copy(d->domain, vector_cpumask);
 		err = 0;
 		break;
 	}
-	free_cpumask_var(tmp_mask);
 
 	if (!err) {
 		/* cache destination APIC IDs into cfg->dest_apicid */
@@ -397,6 +396,8 @@ int __init arch_early_irq_init(void)
 	arch_init_msi_domain(x86_vector_domain);
 	arch_init_htirq_domain(x86_vector_domain);
 
+	BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var(&vector_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL));
+
 	return arch_early_ioapic_init();
 }