diff --git a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
index 0b35bd5fb659..4af8fd4a390b 100644
--- a/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
+++ b/mm/damon/lru_sort.c
@@ -148,17 +148,12 @@ static struct damon_target *target;
 static struct damos *damon_lru_sort_new_scheme(
 		struct damos_access_pattern *pattern, enum damos_action action)
 {
-	struct damos *damos;
-	struct damos_quota *quota = kmemdup(&damon_lru_sort_quota,
-				    sizeof(damon_lru_sort_quota), GFP_KERNEL);
-
-	if (!quota)
-		return NULL;
+	struct damos_quota quota = damon_lru_sort_quota;
 
 	/* Use half of total quota for hot/cold pages sorting */
-	quota->ms = quota->ms / 2;
+	quota.ms = quota.ms / 2;
 
-	damos = damon_new_scheme(
+	return damon_new_scheme(
 			/* find the pattern, and */
 			pattern,
 			/* (de)prioritize on LRU-lists */
@@ -166,12 +161,10 @@ static struct damos *damon_lru_sort_new_scheme(
 			/* for each aggregation interval */
 			0,
 			/* under the quota. */
-			quota,
+			&quota,
 			/* (De)activate this according to the watermarks. */
 			&damon_lru_sort_wmarks,
 			NUMA_NO_NODE);
-	kfree(quota);
-	return damos;
 }
 
 /* Create a DAMON-based operation scheme for hot memory regions */