diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
index 66b2ed45be3c2f170caa9126db84a3b97a645aee..b3f1c09870ca29fb75bafd715de5e1ca4f4e9b69 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
@@ -1531,13 +1531,9 @@ static int start_per_cpu_kthreads(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 	get_online_cpus();
 	/*
-	 * Run only on CPUs in which trace and osnoise are allowed to run.
+	 * Run only on online CPUs in which osnoise is allowed to run.
 	 */
-	cpumask_and(current_mask, tr->tracing_cpumask, &osnoise_cpumask);
-	/*
-	 * And the CPU is online.
-	 */
-	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, current_mask);
+	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, &osnoise_cpumask);
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		per_cpu(per_cpu_osnoise_var, cpu).kthread = NULL;
@@ -1558,10 +1554,8 @@ static int start_per_cpu_kthreads(struct trace_array *tr)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 static void osnoise_hotplug_workfn(struct work_struct *dummy)
 {
-	struct trace_array *tr = osnoise_trace;
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	if (!osnoise_busy)
@@ -1573,9 +1567,6 @@ static void osnoise_hotplug_workfn(struct work_struct *dummy)
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &osnoise_cpumask))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tr->tracing_cpumask))
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	start_kthread(cpu);
 
 out_unlock:
@@ -1678,13 +1669,10 @@ static void osnoise_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr);
  * interface to the osnoise trace. By default, it lists all  CPUs,
  * in this way, allowing osnoise threads to run on any online CPU
  * of the system. It serves to restrict the execution of osnoise to the
- * set of CPUs writing via this interface. Note that osnoise also
- * respects the "tracing_cpumask." Hence, osnoise threads will run only
- * on the set of CPUs allowed here AND on "tracing_cpumask." Why not
- * have just "tracing_cpumask?" Because the user might be interested
- * in tracing what is running on other CPUs. For instance, one might
- * run osnoise in one HT CPU while observing what is running on the
- * sibling HT CPU.
+ * set of CPUs writing via this interface. Why not use "tracing_cpumask"?
+ * Because the user might be interested in tracing what is running on
+ * other CPUs. For instance, one might run osnoise in one HT CPU
+ * while observing what is running on the sibling HT CPU.
  */
 static ssize_t
 osnoise_cpus_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t count,