diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
index 63474ada21d5..3ad9b851a19e 100644
--- a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
+++ b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ static void damon_test_set_attrs(struct kunit *test)
 		.sample_interval = 5000, .aggr_interval = 100000,};
 	struct damon_attrs invalid_attrs;
 
+	if (!c)
+		kunit_skip(test, "ctx alloc fail");
+
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_set_attrs(c, &valid_attrs), 0);
 
 	invalid_attrs = valid_attrs;