diff --git a/lib/cpumask.c b/lib/cpumask.c
index b6513a9f2892042a8a49a5bc872c0ca33990e2d8..5ab1553fd07633c3b729a8501ce89238f37174f5 100644
--- a/lib/cpumask.c
+++ b/lib/cpumask.c
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__next_cpu_nr);
 int cpumask_next_and(int n, const struct cpumask *src1p,
 		     const struct cpumask *src2p)
 {
-	while ((n = cpumask_next(n, src1p)) < nr_cpu_ids)
-		if (cpumask_test_cpu(n, src2p))
-			break;
-	return n;
+	struct cpumask tmp;
+
+	if (cpumask_and(&tmp, src1p, src2p))
+		return cpumask_next(n, &tmp);
+	return nr_cpu_ids;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpumask_next_and);