diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 3fd802134e4e..cd733387b1a0 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -2127,7 +2127,6 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(vmap_purge_lock);
 
 /* for per-CPU blocks */
 static void purge_fragmented_blocks_allcpus(void);
-static cpumask_t purge_nodes;
 
 static void
 reclaim_list_global(struct list_head *head)
@@ -2260,6 +2259,7 @@ static bool __purge_vmap_area_lazy(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 {
 	unsigned long nr_purged_areas = 0;
 	unsigned int nr_purge_helpers;
+	static cpumask_t purge_nodes;
 	unsigned int nr_purge_nodes;
 	struct vmap_node *vn;
 	int i;