diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
index 69ca44f9270b..a2c9ee7a5de1 100644
--- a/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
+++ b/mm/damon/tests/core-kunit.h
@@ -20,11 +20,17 @@ static void damon_test_regions(struct kunit *test)
 	struct damon_target *t;
 
 	r = damon_new_region(1, 2);
+	if (!r)
+		kunit_skip(test, "region alloc fail");
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1ul, r->ar.start);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 2ul, r->ar.end);
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0u, r->nr_accesses);
 
 	t = damon_new_target();
+	if (!t) {
+		damon_free_region(r);
+		kunit_skip(test, "target alloc fail");
+	}
 	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0u, damon_nr_regions(t));
 
 	damon_add_region(r, t);