diff --git a/mm/damon/Makefile b/mm/damon/Makefile
index 03931472991a4eb034bf86f47c64c1ee9e0c4a83..aebbf6c14c51ff4a18749007a655cd77e23acb81 100644
--- a/mm/damon/Makefile
+++ b/mm/damon/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON)		:= core.o
+obj-y				:= core.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_VADDR)	+= ops-common.o vaddr.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_PADDR)	+= ops-common.o paddr.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_DBGFS)	+= dbgfs.o