diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index df41deed0320..3bfba81d1911 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -370,8 +370,10 @@ static u8 *alloc_data(ssize_t bytes0, int map_flags,
 
 	/* Allocate and initialize all memory on CPU#0: */
 	if (init_cpu0) {
-		orig_mask = bind_to_node(0);
-		bind_to_memnode(0);
+		int node = numa_node_of_cpu(0);
+
+		orig_mask = bind_to_node(node);
+		bind_to_memnode(node);
 	}
 
 	bytes = bytes0 + HPSIZE;