diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 885d4792abdf..77e6964ae1a9 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -5302,9 +5302,6 @@ int workqueue_set_unbound_cpumask(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	cpumask_var_t saved_cpumask;
 
-	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&saved_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL))
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	/*
 	 * Not excluding isolated cpus on purpose.
 	 * If the user wishes to include them, we allow that.
@@ -5312,6 +5309,15 @@ int workqueue_set_unbound_cpumask(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 	cpumask_and(cpumask, cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
 	if (!cpumask_empty(cpumask)) {
 		apply_wqattrs_lock();
+		if (cpumask_equal(cpumask, wq_unbound_cpumask)) {
+			ret = 0;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+
+		if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&saved_cpumask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
 
 		/* save the old wq_unbound_cpumask. */
 		cpumask_copy(saved_cpumask, wq_unbound_cpumask);
@@ -5324,10 +5330,11 @@ int workqueue_set_unbound_cpumask(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 		if (ret < 0)
 			cpumask_copy(wq_unbound_cpumask, saved_cpumask);
 
+		free_cpumask_var(saved_cpumask);
+out_unlock:
 		apply_wqattrs_unlock();
 	}
 
-	free_cpumask_var(saved_cpumask);
 	return ret;
 }