diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
index f3d4cb9e34f7..8fb183ced1e7 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-sifive-plic.c
@@ -164,15 +164,12 @@ static int plic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *d,
 			     const struct cpumask *mask_val, bool force)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;
-	struct cpumask amask;
 	struct plic_priv *priv = irq_data_get_irq_chip_data(d);
 
-	cpumask_and(&amask, &priv->lmask, mask_val);
-
 	if (force)
-		cpu = cpumask_first(&amask);
+		cpu = cpumask_first_and(&priv->lmask, mask_val);
 	else
-		cpu = cpumask_any_and(&amask, cpu_online_mask);
+		cpu = cpumask_first_and_and(&priv->lmask, mask_val, cpu_online_mask);
 
 	if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
 		return -EINVAL;