diff --git a/tools/virtio/ringtest/run-on-all.sh b/tools/virtio/ringtest/run-on-all.sh
index 2e69ca812b4c..29b0d3920bfc 100755
--- a/tools/virtio/ringtest/run-on-all.sh
+++ b/tools/virtio/ringtest/run-on-all.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+CPUS_ONLINE=$(lscpu --online -p=cpu|grep -v -e '#')
 #use last CPU for host. Why not the first?
 #many devices tend to use cpu0 by default so
 #it tends to be busier
-HOST_AFFINITY=$(lscpu -p=cpu | tail -1)
+HOST_AFFINITY=$(echo "${CPUS_ONLINE}"|tail -n 1)
 
 #run command on all cpus
-for cpu in $(seq 0 $HOST_AFFINITY)
+for cpu in $CPUS_ONLINE
 do
 	#Don't run guest and host on same CPU
 	#It actually works ok if using signalling