diff --git a/src/util/virnuma.c b/src/util/virnuma.c
index b8cf8b4510..39f0f30917 100644
--- a/src/util/virnuma.c
+++ b/src/util/virnuma.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ virNumaGetNodeCPUs(int node,
 
     *cpus = NULL;
 
-    if (!nodemask_isset(&numa_all_nodes, node)) {
+    if (!virNumaNodeIsAvailable(node)) {
         VIR_DEBUG("NUMA topology for cell %d is not available, ignoring", node);
         return -2;
     }