diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
index 781c7de343be..a9ed4b58c087 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ static int sched_next_online(int pid, int *next_to_try)
 
 	while (next < nr_cpus) {
 		CPU_ZERO(&cpuset);
-		CPU_SET(next++, &cpuset);
+		CPU_SET(next, &cpuset);
+		next++;
 		if (!sched_setaffinity(pid, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset)) {
 			ret = 0;
 			break;