diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
index 527e7d17eb3b..13e29fe065ab 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
@@ -1752,6 +1752,8 @@ static int damon_sysfs_before_damos_apply(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
 		return 0;
 
 	region = damon_sysfs_scheme_region_alloc(r);
+	if (!region)
+		return 0;
 	list_add_tail(&region->list, &sysfs_regions->regions_list);
 	sysfs_regions->nr_regions++;
 	if (kobject_init_and_add(&region->kobj,