diff --git a/mm/damon/dbgfs.c b/mm/damon/dbgfs.c
index 36624990b577..70a5cb977ed0 100644
--- a/mm/damon/dbgfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/dbgfs.c
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ static int dbgfs_mk_context(char *name)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	new_dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, root);
+	/* Below check is required for a potential duplicated name case */
+	if (IS_ERR(new_dir))
+		return PTR_ERR(new_dir);
 	dbgfs_dirs[dbgfs_nr_ctxs] = new_dir;
 
 	new_ctx = dbgfs_new_ctx();