diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 2f065ad97541f84b44c8581cd32fc9b4969f5773..c2aa0aa26b457fd04ad56c3da030a9b788c77b50 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -174,8 +174,9 @@ static inline unsigned int cpumask_last(const struct cpumask *srcp)
 static inline
 unsigned int cpumask_next(int n, const struct cpumask *srcp)
 {
-	/* n is a prior cpu */
-	cpumask_check(n + 1);
+	/* -1 is a legal arg here. */
+	if (n != -1)
+		cpumask_check(n);
 	return find_next_bit(cpumask_bits(srcp), nr_cpumask_bits, n + 1);
 }
 
@@ -188,8 +189,9 @@ unsigned int cpumask_next(int n, const struct cpumask *srcp)
  */
 static inline unsigned int cpumask_next_zero(int n, const struct cpumask *srcp)
 {
-	/* n is a prior cpu */
-	cpumask_check(n + 1);
+	/* -1 is a legal arg here. */
+	if (n != -1)
+		cpumask_check(n);
 	return find_next_zero_bit(cpumask_bits(srcp), nr_cpumask_bits, n+1);
 }
 
@@ -229,8 +231,9 @@ static inline
 unsigned int cpumask_next_and(int n, const struct cpumask *src1p,
 		     const struct cpumask *src2p)
 {
-	/* n is a prior cpu */
-	cpumask_check(n + 1);
+	/* -1 is a legal arg here. */
+	if (n != -1)
+		cpumask_check(n);
 	return find_next_and_bit(cpumask_bits(src1p), cpumask_bits(src2p),
 		nr_cpumask_bits, n + 1);
 }
@@ -260,8 +263,8 @@ static inline
 unsigned int cpumask_next_wrap(int n, const struct cpumask *mask, int start, bool wrap)
 {
 	cpumask_check(start);
-	/* n is a prior cpu */
-	cpumask_check(n + 1);
+	if (n != -1)
+		cpumask_check(n);
 
 	/*
 	 * Return the first available CPU when wrapping, or when starting before cpu0,