diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index ab2f17d9926b..e00ddf1ed39c 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -559,6 +559,8 @@ struct damon_ctx {
 	 * update
 	 */
 	unsigned long next_ops_update_sis;
+	/* for waiting until the execution of the kdamond_fn is started */
+	struct completion kdamond_started;
 
 /* public: */
 	struct task_struct *kdamond;
diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index ce1562783e7e..3a05e71509b9 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ struct damon_ctx *damon_new_ctx(void)
 	if (!ctx)
 		return NULL;
 
+	init_completion(&ctx->kdamond_started);
+
 	ctx->attrs.sample_interval = 5 * 1000;
 	ctx->attrs.aggr_interval = 100 * 1000;
 	ctx->attrs.ops_update_interval = 60 * 1000 * 1000;
@@ -668,11 +670,14 @@ static int __damon_start(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
 	if (!ctx->kdamond) {
 		err = 0;
+		reinit_completion(&ctx->kdamond_started);
 		ctx->kdamond = kthread_run(kdamond_fn, ctx, "kdamond.%d",
 				nr_running_ctxs);
 		if (IS_ERR(ctx->kdamond)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(ctx->kdamond);
 			ctx->kdamond = NULL;
+		} else {
+			wait_for_completion(&ctx->kdamond_started);
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
@@ -1433,6 +1438,7 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
 
 	pr_debug("kdamond (%d) starts\n", current->pid);
 
+	complete(&ctx->kdamond_started);
 	kdamond_init_intervals_sis(ctx);
 
 	if (ctx->ops.init)