diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs.c b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
index 7308dee97b21..5a4c0a2067b2 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -1435,6 +1435,8 @@ static int damon_sysfs_commit_input(void *data)
 	if (IS_ERR(param_ctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(param_ctx);
 	test_ctx = damon_new_ctx();
+	if (!test_ctx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	err = damon_commit_ctx(test_ctx, param_ctx);
 	if (err) {
 		damon_destroy_ctx(test_ctx);