diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2e50312a9..6fc10c5e3a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ elseif(WINDOWS AND NOT UMF_DISABLE_HWLOC)
     set(HWLOC_ENABLE_TESTING OFF)
     set(HWLOC_SKIP_LSTOPO ON)
     set(HWLOC_SKIP_TOOLS ON)
+    set(HWLOC_PATCH
+        git
+        apply
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/fix_coverity_issues.patch
+        ||
+        true)
 
     message(STATUS "Will fetch hwloc from ${UMF_HWLOC_REPO}")
 
@@ -136,7 +142,8 @@ elseif(WINDOWS AND NOT UMF_DISABLE_HWLOC)
         hwloc_targ
         GIT_REPOSITORY ${UMF_HWLOC_REPO}
         GIT_TAG ${UMF_HWLOC_TAG}
-        SOURCE_SUBDIR contrib/windows-cmake/ FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS)
+        PATCH_COMMAND ${HWLOC_PATCH} SOURCE_SUBDIR contrib/windows-cmake/
+                      FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS)
 
     FetchContent_GetProperties(hwloc_targ)
     if(NOT hwloc_targ_POPULATED)
@@ -153,12 +160,20 @@ elseif(WINDOWS AND NOT UMF_DISABLE_HWLOC)
     message(STATUS "    LIBHWLOC_LIBRARY_DIRS = ${LIBHWLOC_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
 elseif(NOT UMF_DISABLE_HWLOC)
     include(FetchContent)
+    set(HWLOC_PATCH
+        git
+        apply
+        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/fix_coverity_issues.patch
+        ||
+        true)
+
     message(STATUS "Will fetch hwloc from ${UMF_HWLOC_REPO}")
 
     FetchContent_Declare(
         hwloc_targ
         GIT_REPOSITORY ${UMF_HWLOC_REPO}
-        GIT_TAG ${UMF_HWLOC_TAG})
+        GIT_TAG ${UMF_HWLOC_TAG}
+        PATCH_COMMAND ${HWLOC_PATCH})
 
     FetchContent_GetProperties(hwloc_targ)
     if(NOT hwloc_targ_POPULATED)
diff --git a/cmake/fix_coverity_issues.patch b/cmake/fix_coverity_issues.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1edcbd3365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/fix_coverity_issues.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/hwloc/topology-x86.c b/hwloc/topology-x86.c
+index 7aabd168f..b01e44557 100644
+--- a/hwloc/topology-x86.c
++++ b/hwloc/topology-x86.c
+@@ -1375,6 +1375,9 @@ look_procs(struct hwloc_backend *backend, struct procinfo *infos, unsigned long
+   hwloc_bitmap_t set = NULL;
+   unsigned i;
+ 
++  if(!get_cpubind||!set_cpubind)
++    return -1;
++
+   if (!data->src_cpuiddump_path) {
+     orig_cpuset = hwloc_bitmap_alloc();
+     if (get_cpubind(topology, orig_cpuset, HWLOC_CPUBIND_STRICT)) {