diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
index 13e29fe065ab..36dcd881a19c 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ damon_sysfs_scheme_regions_alloc(void)
 	struct damon_sysfs_scheme_regions *regions = kmalloc(sizeof(*regions),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 
+	if (!regions)
+		return NULL;
+
 	regions->kobj = (struct kobject){};
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&regions->regions_list);
 	regions->nr_regions = 0;