diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7a6741ca4b..08a1cb5576 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+Wed Dec 17 08:02:01 +0100 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	fix numa-related (and kernel-dependent) test failures
+	This change is required on some kernels due to the way a change in
+	the kernel's CONFIG_NR_CPUS propagates through the numa library.
+	* src/qemu_conf.c (qemudCapsInitNUMA): Pass numa_all_cpus_ptr->size/8
+	as the buffer-length-in-bytes in the call to numa_node_to_cpus, since
+	that's what is required on second and subseqent calls.
+	* src/uml_conf.c (umlCapsInitNUMA): Likewise.
+
 Tue Dec 16 17:26:49 EST 2008 Cole Robinson <crobinso@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/qemu_driver.c: Sanitize qemu monitor reads.
diff --git a/src/qemu_conf.c b/src/qemu_conf.c
index 59171e7fe0..312f64674b 100644
--- a/src/qemu_conf.c
+++ b/src/qemu_conf.c
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ qemudCapsInitNUMA(virCapsPtr caps)
         goto cleanup;
 
     for (n = 0 ; n <= numa_max_node() ; n++) {
-
-        if (numa_node_to_cpus(n, mask, MAX_CPUS_MASK_LEN / 8) < 0)
+        int mask_n_bytes = numa_all_cpus_ptr->size / 8;
+        if (numa_node_to_cpus(n, mask, mask_n_bytes) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
 
         for (ncpus = 0, i = 0 ; i < MAX_CPUS ; i++)
diff --git a/src/uml_conf.c b/src/uml_conf.c
index 3659c6bf64..00adf27357 100644
--- a/src/uml_conf.c
+++ b/src/uml_conf.c
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ umlCapsInitNUMA(virCapsPtr caps)
         goto cleanup;
 
     for (n = 0 ; n <= numa_max_node() ; n++) {
-
-        if (numa_node_to_cpus(n, mask, MAX_CPUS_MASK_LEN / 8) < 0)
+        int mask_n_bytes = numa_all_cpus_ptr->size / 8;
+        if (numa_node_to_cpus(n, mask, mask_n_bytes) < 0)
             goto cleanup;
 
         for (ncpus = 0, i = 0 ; i < MAX_CPUS ; i++)