diff --git a/mm/damon/core-test.h b/mm/damon/core-test.h
index d714fe76e35d..030a11a9f3cf 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core-test.h
+++ b/mm/damon/core-test.h
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ 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;