diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index b9370c1779cb..3acca7deb169 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -1013,17 +1013,6 @@ void damon_add_probe(struct damon_ctx *ctx, struct damon_probe *probe);
 
 struct damon_region *damon_new_region(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
 
-/*
- * Add a region between two other regions
- */
-static inline void damon_insert_region(struct damon_region *r,
-		struct damon_region *prev, struct damon_region *next,
-		struct damon_target *t)
-{
-	__list_add(&r->list, &prev->list, &next->list);
-	t->nr_regions++;
-}
-
 void damon_destroy_region(struct damon_region *r, struct damon_target *t);
 int damon_set_regions(struct damon_target *t, struct damon_addr_range *ranges,
 		unsigned int nr_ranges, unsigned long min_region_sz);
diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 1dd900814ae8..d1e7b441f2bf 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -256,6 +256,17 @@ static void damon_add_region(struct damon_region *r, struct damon_target *t)
 	t->nr_regions++;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Add a region between two other regions
+ */
+static inline void damon_insert_region(struct damon_region *r,
+		struct damon_region *prev, struct damon_region *next,
+		struct damon_target *t)
+{
+	__list_add(&r->list, &prev->list, &next->list);
+	t->nr_regions++;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_DEBUG_SANITY
 static void damon_verify_del_region(struct damon_target *t)
 {