diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 871c6f5257c9..018dd5ff8032 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -1664,20 +1664,7 @@ static int damon_commit_probes(struct damon_ctx *dst, struct damon_ctx *src)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * damon_commit_ctx() - Commit parameters of a DAMON context to another.
- * @dst:	The commit destination DAMON context.
- * @src:	The commit source DAMON context.
- *
- * This function copies user-specified parameters from @src to @dst and update
- * the internal status and results accordingly.  Users should use this function
- * for context-level parameters update of running context, instead of manual
- * in-place updates.
- *
- * This function should be called from parameters-update safe context, like
- * damon_call().
- */
-int damon_commit_ctx(struct damon_ctx *dst, struct damon_ctx *src)
+static int __damon_commit_ctx(struct damon_ctx *dst, struct damon_ctx *src)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct damos *scheme;
@@ -1732,6 +1719,52 @@ int damon_commit_ctx(struct damon_ctx *dst, struct damon_ctx *src)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static struct damon_ctx *damon_new_test_ctx(struct damon_ctx *dst)
+{
+	struct damon_ctx *test_ctx;
+	int err;
+
+	test_ctx = damon_new_ctx();
+	if (!test_ctx)
+		return NULL;
+	err = __damon_commit_ctx(test_ctx, dst);
+	if (err) {
+		damon_destroy_ctx(test_ctx);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return test_ctx;
+}
+
+/**
+ * damon_commit_ctx() - Commit parameters of a DAMON context to another.
+ * @dst:	The commit destination DAMON context.
+ * @src:	The commit source DAMON context.
+ *
+ * This function copies user-specified parameters from @src to @dst and update
+ * the internal status and results accordingly.  Users should use this function
+ * for context-level parameters update of running context, instead of manual
+ * in-place updates.
+ *
+ * This function should be called from parameters-update safe context, like
+ * damon_call().
+ */
+int damon_commit_ctx(struct damon_ctx *dst, struct damon_ctx *src)
+{
+	struct damon_ctx *test_ctx;
+	int err;
+
+	test_ctx = damon_new_test_ctx(dst);
+	if (!test_ctx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	err = __damon_commit_ctx(test_ctx, src);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+	err = __damon_commit_ctx(dst, src);
+out:
+	damon_destroy_ctx(test_ctx);
+	return err;
+}
+
 /**
  * damon_nr_running_ctxs() - Return number of currently running contexts.
  */