diff --git a/mm/damon/reclaim.c b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
index e34c4d0c4d93..11982685508e 100644
--- a/mm/damon/reclaim.c
+++ b/mm/damon/reclaim.c
@@ -384,8 +384,10 @@ static int __init damon_reclaim_init(void)
 	if (!ctx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (damon_select_ops(ctx, DAMON_OPS_PADDR))
+	if (damon_select_ops(ctx, DAMON_OPS_PADDR)) {
+		damon_destroy_ctx(ctx);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	ctx->callback.after_aggregation = damon_reclaim_after_aggregation;