diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
index 10618cdd188e..96c8f1269f44 100644
--- a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
+++ b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ static void damon_test_ops_registration(struct kunit *test)
 	struct damon_operations ops = {.id = DAMON_OPS_VADDR}, bak;
 	bool need_cleanup = false;
 
+	if (!c)
+		kunit_skip(test, "ctx alloc fail");
+
 	/* DAMON_OPS_VADDR is registered only if CONFIG_DAMON_VADDR is set */
 	if (!damon_is_registered_ops(DAMON_OPS_VADDR)) {
 		bak.id = DAMON_OPS_VADDR;