*/
 static int select_fallback_rq(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-       const struct cpumask *nodemask = cpumask_of_node(cpu_to_node(cpu));
+       int nid = cpu_to_node(cpu);
+       const struct cpumask *nodemask = NULL;
        enum { cpuset, possible, fail } state = cpuset;
        int dest_cpu;
 
-       /* Look for allowed, online CPU in same node. */
-       for_each_cpu(dest_cpu, nodemask) {
-               if (!cpu_online(dest_cpu))
-                       continue;
-               if (!cpu_active(dest_cpu))
-                       continue;
-               if (cpumask_test_cpu(dest_cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p)))
-                       return dest_cpu;
+       /*
+        * If the node that the cpu is on has been offlined, cpu_to_node()
+        * will return -1. There is no cpu on the node, and we should
+        * select the cpu on the other node.
+        */
+       if (nid != -1) {
+               nodemask = cpumask_of_node(nid);
+
+               /* Look for allowed, online CPU in same node. */
+               for_each_cpu(dest_cpu, nodemask) {
+                       if (!cpu_online(dest_cpu))
+                               continue;
+                       if (!cpu_active(dest_cpu))
+                               continue;
+                       if (cpumask_test_cpu(dest_cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p)))
+                               return dest_cpu;
+               }
        }
 
        for (;;) {