diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/topology.c b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/topology.c
index c13120af519b40aec94ce8055c946b1bcd426143..cea398c176e7f29057a24463f296300f8ce5f23f 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/topology.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/topology.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ int get_cpu_topology(struct cpupower_topology *cpu_top)
 	for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpus; cpu++) {
 		cpu_top->core_info[cpu].cpu = cpu;
 		cpu_top->core_info[cpu].is_online = sysfs_is_cpu_online(cpu);
+		if (!cpu_top->core_info[cpu].is_online)
+			continue;
 		if(sysfs_topology_read_file(
 			cpu,
 			"physical_package_id",