diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs.c b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
index 6545a46da606..0a6b4625de9f 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -1203,8 +1203,10 @@ static int damon_sysfs_set_targets(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
 
 	damon_for_each_target_safe(t, next, ctx) {
 		if (i < sysfs_targets->nr) {
-			damon_sysfs_update_target(t, ctx,
+			err = damon_sysfs_update_target(t, ctx,
 					sysfs_targets->targets_arr[i]);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
 		} else {
 			if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx))
 				put_pid(t->pid);