diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 1bf0654ae189df..2db8c53491ca83 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,8 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
 			if (ctx->callback.after_aggregation &&
 					ctx->callback.after_aggregation(ctx))
 				break;
-			kdamond_apply_schemes(ctx);
+			if (!list_empty(&ctx->schemes))
+				kdamond_apply_schemes(ctx);
 			kdamond_reset_aggregated(ctx);
 			kdamond_split_regions(ctx);
 			if (ctx->ops.reset_aggregated)