diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-metag-ext.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-metag-ext.c
index 92c41ab4dbfd..2cb474ad8809 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-metag-ext.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-metag-ext.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static int meta_intc_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data,
 	 * one cpu (the interrupt code doesn't support it), so we just
 	 * pick the first cpu we find in 'cpumask'.
 	 */
-	cpu = cpumask_any(cpumask);
+	cpu = cpumask_any_and(cpumask, cpu_online_mask);
 	thread = cpu_2_hwthread_id[cpu];
 
 	metag_out32(TBI_TRIG_VEC(TBID_SIGNUM_TR2(thread)), vec_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-metag.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-metag.c
index 8e94d7a3b20d..c16c186d97d3 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-metag.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-metag.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static int metag_internal_irq_set_affinity(struct irq_data *data,
 	 * one cpu (the interrupt code doesn't support it), so we just
 	 * pick the first cpu we find in 'cpumask'.
 	 */
-	cpu = cpumask_any(cpumask);
+	cpu = cpumask_any_and(cpumask, cpu_online_mask);
 	thread = cpu_2_hwthread_id[cpu];
 
 	metag_out32(TBI_TRIG_VEC(TBID_SIGNUM_TR1(thread)),