diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs.c b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
index 576d1ddd736b..b573b9d60784 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -1524,8 +1524,10 @@ static int damon_sysfs_commit_input(void *data)
 	if (IS_ERR(param_ctx))
 		return PTR_ERR(param_ctx);
 	test_ctx = damon_sysfs_new_test_ctx(kdamond->damon_ctx);
-	if (!test_ctx)
+	if (!test_ctx) {
+		damon_destroy_ctx(param_ctx);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	err = damon_commit_ctx(test_ctx, param_ctx);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;