diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index ffb87497dbb5..b82a838b5a0e 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -550,11 +550,6 @@ static void damon_destroy_targets(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct damon_target *t, *next_t;
 
-	if (ctx->ops.cleanup) {
-		ctx->ops.cleanup(ctx);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	damon_for_each_target_safe(t, next_t, ctx)
 		damon_destroy_target(t);
 }