diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
index b9bd69a57e62..03c7ac31db5c 100644
--- a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
+++ b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ static void damos_test_new_filter(struct kunit *test)
 	struct damos_filter *filter;
 
 	filter = damos_new_filter(DAMOS_FILTER_TYPE_ANON, true, false);
+	if (!filter)
+		kunit_skip(test, "filter alloc fail");
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, filter->type, DAMOS_FILTER_TYPE_ANON);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, filter->matching, true);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(test, filter->list.prev, &filter->list);