1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/nproc.c b/coreutils/nproc.c
index a0d818c59..df63bf57a 100644
--- a/coreutils/nproc.c
+++ b/coreutils/nproc.c
@@ -56,13 +56,10 @@ int nproc_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv UNUSED_PARAM)
                 unsigned long *mask = get_malloc_cpu_affinity(0, &sz);
                 sz /= sizeof(long);
                 for (i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
-                        unsigned long m = mask[i];
-                        while (m) {
-                                if (m & 1)
-                                        count++;
-                                m >>= 1;
-                        }
+                        if (mask[i] != 0) /* most mask[i] are usually 0 */
+                                count += bb_popcnt_long(mask[i]);
                 }
+                IF_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP(free(mask);)
         }
 
         IF_LONG_OPTS(count -= ignore;)