diff --git a/irqbalance.h b/irqbalance.h
index e9c1ad4..eafe13e 100644
--- a/irqbalance.h
+++ b/irqbalance.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ extern GList *interrupts;
 extern void parse_cpu_tree(void);
 extern void clear_work_stats(void);
 extern void parse_proc_interrupts(void);
-extern void set_interrupt_count(int number, uint64_t count, cpumask_t *mask);
+extern void set_interrupt_count(int number, uint64_t count);
 extern void add_interrupt_count(int number, uint64_t count, int type);
 extern int find_class(struct interrupt *irq, char *string);
 extern void add_interrupt_numa(int number, cpumask_t mask, int type);
diff --git a/irqlist.c b/irqlist.c
index 4594552..7b31d60 100644
--- a/irqlist.c
+++ b/irqlist.c
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ static void investigate(struct interrupt *irq, int number)
 		
 
 	/* next, check the IRQBALANCE_BANNED_INTERRUPTS env variable for blacklisted irqs */
-	c = getenv("IRQBALANCE_BANNED_INTERRUPTS");
+	c = c2 = getenv("IRQBALANCE_BANNED_INTERRUPTS");
 	if (!c)
 		return;
 
 	do {
+		c = c2;
 		nr = strtoul(c, &c2, 10);
 		if (c!=c2 && nr == number)
 			irq->balance_level = BALANCE_NONE;
-		c = c2;
 	} while (c!=c2 && c2!=NULL);
 }
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void investigate(struct interrupt *irq, int number)
  * Set the number of interrupts received for a specific irq;
  * create the irq metadata if there is none yet
  */
-void set_interrupt_count(int number, uint64_t count, cpumask_t *mask)
+void set_interrupt_count(int number, uint64_t count)
 {
 	GList *item;
 	struct interrupt *irq;
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ void set_interrupt_count(int number, uint64_t count, cpumask_t *mask)
 	irq->count = count;
 	irq->allowed_mask = CPU_MASK_ALL;
 	investigate(irq, number);
-	if (irq->balance_level == BALANCE_NONE)
-		irq->mask = *mask;
-
 	interrupts = g_list_append(interrupts, irq);
 }
 
diff --git a/procinterrupts.c b/procinterrupts.c
index 7461c84..d91b836 100644
--- a/procinterrupts.c
+++ b/procinterrupts.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ void parse_proc_interrupts(void)
 	}
 
 	while (!feof(file)) {
-		cpumask_t present;
 		int cpunr;
 		int	 number;
 		uint64_t count;
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ void parse_proc_interrupts(void)
 		*c = 0;
 		c++;
 		number = strtoul(line, NULL, 10);
-		cpus_clear(present);
 		count = 0;
 		cpunr = 0;
 
@@ -78,14 +76,12 @@ void parse_proc_interrupts(void)
 				break;
 			count += C;
 			c=c2;
-			if (C)
-				cpu_set(cpunr, present);
 			cpunr++;
 		}
 		if (cpunr != core_count) 
 			need_cpu_rescan = 1;
 		
-		set_interrupt_count(number, count, &present);
+		set_interrupt_count(number, count);
 	}		
 	fclose(file);
 	free(line);