diff --git a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
index 5f2cab2..8ecc10b 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/xl_cmdimpl.c
@@ -5716,7 +5716,7 @@ int main_cpupoolnumasplit(int argc, char **argv)
     int p;
     int c;
     int n;
-    uint32_t poolid;
+    uint32_t poolid_root, poolid_new;
     int schedid;
     int n_pools;
     int node;
@@ -5743,7 +5743,7 @@ int main_cpupoolnumasplit(int argc, char **argv)
         fprintf(stderr, "error getting cpupool info\n");
         return -ERROR_NOMEM;
     }
-    poolid = poolinfo[0].poolid;
+    poolid_root = poolinfo[0].poolid;
     schedid = poolinfo[0].sched_id;
     for (p = 0; p < n_pools; p++) {
         libxl_cpupoolinfo_destroy(poolinfo + p);
@@ -5768,13 +5768,13 @@ int main_cpupoolnumasplit(int argc, char **argv)
        a cpupool without cpus in between */
 
     node = topology.nodemap.array[0];
-    if (libxl_cpupool_cpuadd_node(&ctx, 0, node, &n)) {
+    if (libxl_cpupool_cpuadd_node(&ctx, poolid_root, node, &n)) {
         fprintf(stderr, "error on adding cpu to Pool 0\n");
         return -ERROR_FAIL;
     }
 
     snprintf(name, 15, "Pool-node%d", node);
-    ret = -libxl_cpupool_rename(&ctx, name, 0);
+    ret = -libxl_cpupool_rename(&ctx, name, poolid_root);
     if (ret) {
         fprintf(stderr, "error on renaming Pool 0\n");
         goto out;
@@ -5792,7 +5792,7 @@ int main_cpupoolnumasplit(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
         node = topology.nodemap.array[c];
-        ret = -libxl_cpupool_cpuremove_node(&ctx, 0, node, &n);
+        ret = -libxl_cpupool_cpuremove_node(&ctx, poolid_root, node, &n);
         if (ret) {
             fprintf(stderr, "error on removing cpu from Pool 0\n");
             goto out;
@@ -5800,13 +5800,15 @@ int main_cpupoolnumasplit(int argc, char **argv)
 
         snprintf(name, 15, "Pool-node%d", node);
         libxl_uuid_generate(&uuid);
-        ret = -libxl_create_cpupool(&ctx, name, schedid, cpumap, &uuid, &poolid);
+        poolid_new = 0;
+        ret = -libxl_create_cpupool(&ctx, name, schedid, cpumap, &uuid,
+            &poolid_new);
         if (ret) {
             fprintf(stderr, "error on creating cpupool\n");
             goto out;
         }
 
-        ret = -libxl_cpupool_cpuadd_node(&ctx, 0, node, &n);
+        ret = -libxl_cpupool_cpuadd_node(&ctx, poolid_new, node, &n);
         if (ret) {
             fprintf(stderr, "error on adding cpus to cpupool\n");
             goto out;