diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 939ecfcd4641..6392f1cc97a3 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -1481,12 +1481,14 @@ static bool kdamond_need_stop(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static unsigned long damos_wmark_metric_value(enum damos_wmark_metric metric)
+static int damos_get_wmark_metric_value(enum damos_wmark_metric metric,
+					unsigned long *metric_value)
 {
 	switch (metric) {
 	case DAMOS_WMARK_FREE_MEM_RATE:
-		return global_zone_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) * 1000 /
+		*metric_value = global_zone_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) * 1000 /
 		       totalram_pages();
+		return 0;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -1501,10 +1503,9 @@ static unsigned long damos_wmark_wait_us(struct damos *scheme)
 {
 	unsigned long metric;
 
-	if (scheme->wmarks.metric == DAMOS_WMARK_NONE)
+	if (damos_get_wmark_metric_value(scheme->wmarks.metric, &metric))
 		return 0;
 
-	metric = damos_wmark_metric_value(scheme->wmarks.metric);
 	/* higher than high watermark or lower than low watermark */
 	if (metric > scheme->wmarks.high || scheme->wmarks.low > metric) {
 		if (scheme->wmarks.activated)