diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index c52bc91f882b..c87ee6412b36 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -798,7 +798,8 @@ static int generate_sched_domains(cpumask_var_t **domains,
 		    cpumask_subset(cp->cpus_allowed, top_cpuset.effective_cpus))
 			continue;
 
-		if (is_sched_load_balance(cp))
+		if (is_sched_load_balance(cp) &&
+		    !cpumask_empty(cp->effective_cpus))
 			csa[csn++] = cp;
 
 		/* skip @cp's subtree if not a partition root */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/topology.c b/kernel/sched/topology.c
index b5667a273bf6..9318acf1d1fe 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/topology.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/topology.c
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ next_level:
 static int
 build_sched_domains(const struct cpumask *cpu_map, struct sched_domain_attr *attr)
 {
-	enum s_alloc alloc_state;
+	enum s_alloc alloc_state = sa_none;
 	struct sched_domain *sd;
 	struct s_data d;
 	struct rq *rq = NULL;
@@ -1956,6 +1956,9 @@ build_sched_domains(const struct cpumask *cpu_map, struct sched_domain_attr *att
 	struct sched_domain_topology_level *tl_asym;
 	bool has_asym = false;
 
+	if (WARN_ON(cpumask_empty(cpu_map)))
+		goto error;
+
 	alloc_state = __visit_domain_allocation_hell(&d, cpu_map);
 	if (alloc_state != sa_rootdomain)
 		goto error;