diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index b43c234c1160..cf643f3fd99a 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -369,13 +369,13 @@ static inline bool is_in_v2_mode(void)
  * until we find one that does have some online cpus.
  *
  * One way or another, we guarantee to return some non-empty subset
- * of cpu_online_mask.
+ * of cpu_active_mask.
  *
  * Call with callback_lock or cpuset_mutex held.
  */
 static void guarantee_online_cpus(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *pmask)
 {
-	while (!cpumask_intersects(cs->effective_cpus, cpu_online_mask)) {
+	while (!cpumask_intersects(cs->effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask)) {
 		cs = parent_cs(cs);
 		if (unlikely(!cs)) {
 			/*
@@ -385,11 +385,11 @@ static void guarantee_online_cpus(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *pmask)
 			 * cpuset's effective_cpus is on its way to be
 			 * identical to cpu_online_mask.
 			 */
-			cpumask_copy(pmask, cpu_online_mask);
+			cpumask_copy(pmask, cpu_active_mask);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
-	cpumask_and(pmask, cs->effective_cpus, cpu_online_mask);
+	cpumask_and(pmask, cs->effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask);
 }
 
 /*