diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 1031cae39c4c..4883fee99314 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -8061,6 +8061,7 @@ static cpumask_var_t cpu_isolated_map;
 /* Setup the mask of cpus configured for isolated domains */
 static int __init isolated_cpu_setup(char *str)
 {
+	alloc_bootmem_cpumask_var(&cpu_isolated_map);
 	cpulist_parse(str, cpu_isolated_map);
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -9609,7 +9610,9 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 	zalloc_cpumask_var(&nohz.cpu_mask, GFP_NOWAIT);
 	alloc_cpumask_var(&nohz.ilb_grp_nohz_mask, GFP_NOWAIT);
 #endif
-	zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpu_isolated_map, GFP_NOWAIT);
+	/* May be allocated at isolcpus cmdline parse time */
+	if (cpu_isolated_map == NULL)
+		zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpu_isolated_map, GFP_NOWAIT);
 #endif /* SMP */
 
 	perf_event_init();