diff --git a/mm/damon/ops-common.c b/mm/damon/ops-common.c
index 6bdd1cfd3863..9c178c175832 100644
--- a/mm/damon/ops-common.c
+++ b/mm/damon/ops-common.c
@@ -392,8 +392,15 @@ unsigned long damon_migrate_pages(struct list_head *folio_list, int target_nid)
 		return nr_migrated;
 
 	if (target_nid < 0 || target_nid >= MAX_NUMNODES ||
-			!node_state(target_nid, N_MEMORY))
+			!node_state(target_nid, N_MEMORY)) {
+		while (!list_empty(folio_list)) {
+			struct folio *folio = lru_to_folio(folio_list);
+
+			list_del(&folio->lru);
+			folio_putback_lru(folio);
+		}
 		return nr_migrated;
+	}
 
 	noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();