diff --git a/mm/damon/vaddr.c b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
index 0648400b2d65..04ee2a2c6a4d 100644
--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
@@ -293,22 +293,29 @@ static int damon_mkold_pmd_entry(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
+static bool damon_hugetlb_ptep_mkold(pte_t *pte, struct mm_struct *mm,
+		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t *entry)
+{
+	unsigned long psize = huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma));
+
+	if (!pte_young(*entry))
+		return false;
+	*entry = huge_ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, pte, psize);
+	*entry = pte_mkold(*entry);
+	set_huge_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, *entry, psize);
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void damon_hugetlb_mkold(pte_t *pte, struct mm_struct *mm,
 				struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	bool referenced = false;
 	pte_t entry = huge_ptep_get(mm, addr, pte);
 	struct folio *folio = pfn_folio(pte_pfn(entry));
-	unsigned long psize = huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma));
 
 	folio_get(folio);
 
-	if (pte_young(entry)) {
-		referenced = true;
-		entry = pte_mkold(entry);
-		set_huge_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, entry, psize);
-	}
-
+	referenced = damon_hugetlb_ptep_mkold(pte, mm, vma, addr, &entry);
 	if (mmu_notifier_clear_young(mm, addr,
 				     addr + huge_page_size(hstate_vma(vma))))
 		referenced = true;