diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index c9ec2de845b3..a564f83e9efe 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -272,22 +272,13 @@ struct damos *damon_new_scheme(struct damos_access_pattern *pattern,
 	scheme = kmalloc(sizeof(*scheme), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!scheme)
 		return NULL;
-	scheme->pattern.min_sz_region = pattern->min_sz_region;
-	scheme->pattern.max_sz_region = pattern->max_sz_region;
-	scheme->pattern.min_nr_accesses = pattern->min_nr_accesses;
-	scheme->pattern.max_nr_accesses = pattern->max_nr_accesses;
-	scheme->pattern.min_age_region = pattern->min_age_region;
-	scheme->pattern.max_age_region = pattern->max_age_region;
+	scheme->pattern = *pattern;
 	scheme->action = action;
 	scheme->stat = (struct damos_stat){};
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&scheme->list);
 
-	scheme->quota.ms = quota->ms;
-	scheme->quota.sz = quota->sz;
-	scheme->quota.reset_interval = quota->reset_interval;
-	scheme->quota.weight_sz = quota->weight_sz;
-	scheme->quota.weight_nr_accesses = quota->weight_nr_accesses;
-	scheme->quota.weight_age = quota->weight_age;
+	scheme->quota = *quota;
+	/* caller might not zero-initialized the private fileds */
 	scheme->quota.total_charged_sz = 0;
 	scheme->quota.total_charged_ns = 0;
 	scheme->quota.esz = 0;
@@ -296,11 +287,7 @@ struct damos *damon_new_scheme(struct damos_access_pattern *pattern,
 	scheme->quota.charge_target_from = NULL;
 	scheme->quota.charge_addr_from = 0;
 
-	scheme->wmarks.metric = wmarks->metric;
-	scheme->wmarks.interval = wmarks->interval;
-	scheme->wmarks.high = wmarks->high;
-	scheme->wmarks.mid = wmarks->mid;
-	scheme->wmarks.low = wmarks->low;
+	scheme->wmarks = *wmarks;
 	scheme->wmarks.activated = true;
 
 	return scheme;