diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs.c b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
index fe6c6870cf86..1719bb3531e3 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -2309,7 +2309,7 @@ static void damon_sysfs_before_terminate(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct damon_target *t, *next;
 
-	if (ctx->ops.id != DAMON_OPS_VADDR && ctx->ops.id != DAMON_OPS_FVADDR)
+	if (!damon_target_has_pid(ctx))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);