diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
index 7e93584ff02b..eb56c19cd3f9 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/damon/sysfs.py
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ def assert_ctx_committed(ctx, dump):
     assert_monitoring_attrs_committed(ctx.monitoring_attrs, dump['attrs'])
     assert_monitoring_targets_committed(ctx.targets, dump['adaptive_targets'])
     assert_schemes_committed(ctx.schemes, dump['schemes'])
+    assert_true(dump['pause'] == ctx.pause, 'pause', dump)
 
 def assert_ctxs_committed(kdamonds):
     status, err = dump_damon_status_dict(kdamonds.kdamonds[0].pid)