diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index 2765c7d99beb..b9aae19fab3e 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -525,6 +525,12 @@ bool damon_is_registered_ops(enum damon_ops_id id);
 int damon_register_ops(struct damon_operations *ops);
 int damon_select_ops(struct damon_ctx *ctx, enum damon_ops_id id);
 
+static inline bool damon_target_has_pid(const struct damon_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	return ctx->ops.id == DAMON_OPS_VADDR || ctx->ops.id == DAMON_OPS_FVADDR;
+}
+
+
 int damon_start(struct damon_ctx **ctxs, int nr_ctxs, bool exclusive);
 int damon_stop(struct damon_ctx **ctxs, int nr_ctxs);
 
diff --git a/mm/damon/dbgfs.c b/mm/damon/dbgfs.c
index a0dab8b5e45f..5ae810927309 100644
--- a/mm/damon/dbgfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/dbgfs.c
@@ -275,11 +275,6 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline bool target_has_pid(const struct damon_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	return ctx->ops.id == DAMON_OPS_VADDR;
-}
-
 static ssize_t sprint_target_ids(struct damon_ctx *ctx, char *buf, ssize_t len)
 {
 	struct damon_target *t;
@@ -288,7 +283,7 @@ static ssize_t sprint_target_ids(struct damon_ctx *ctx, char *buf, ssize_t len)
 	int rc;
 
 	damon_for_each_target(t, ctx) {
-		if (target_has_pid(ctx))
+		if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx))
 			/* Show pid numbers to debugfs users */
 			id = pid_vnr(t->pid);
 		else
@@ -415,7 +410,7 @@ static int dbgfs_set_targets(struct damon_ctx *ctx, ssize_t nr_targets,
 	struct damon_target *t, *next;
 
 	damon_for_each_target_safe(t, next, ctx) {
-		if (target_has_pid(ctx))
+		if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx))
 			put_pid(t->pid);
 		damon_destroy_target(t);
 	}
@@ -425,11 +420,11 @@ static int dbgfs_set_targets(struct damon_ctx *ctx, ssize_t nr_targets,
 		if (!t) {
 			damon_for_each_target_safe(t, next, ctx)
 				damon_destroy_target(t);
-			if (target_has_pid(ctx))
+			if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx))
 				dbgfs_put_pids(pids, nr_targets);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
-		if (target_has_pid(ctx))
+		if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx))
 			t->pid = pids[i];
 		damon_add_target(ctx, t);
 	}
@@ -722,7 +717,7 @@ static void dbgfs_before_terminate(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct damon_target *t, *next;
 
-	if (!target_has_pid(ctx))
+	if (!damon_target_has_pid(ctx))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ctx->kdamond_lock);
diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs.c b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
index 09f9e8ca3d1f..8810e6abdb06 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -2136,8 +2136,7 @@ static void damon_sysfs_destroy_targets(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
 	struct damon_target *t, *next;
 
 	damon_for_each_target_safe(t, next, ctx) {
-		if (ctx->ops.id == DAMON_OPS_VADDR ||
-				ctx->ops.id == DAMON_OPS_FVADDR)
+		if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx))
 			put_pid(t->pid);
 		damon_destroy_target(t);
 	}
@@ -2181,8 +2180,7 @@ static int damon_sysfs_add_target(struct damon_sysfs_target *sys_target,
 
 	if (!t)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (ctx->ops.id == DAMON_OPS_VADDR ||
-			ctx->ops.id == DAMON_OPS_FVADDR) {
+	if (damon_target_has_pid(ctx)) {
 		t->pid = find_get_pid(sys_target->pid);
 		if (!t->pid)
 			goto destroy_targets_out;
@@ -2210,7 +2208,7 @@ static struct damon_target *damon_sysfs_existing_target(
 	struct pid *pid;
 	struct damon_target *t;
 
-	if (ctx->ops.id == DAMON_OPS_PADDR) {
+	if (!damon_target_has_pid(ctx)) {
 		/* Up to only one target for paddr could exist */
 		damon_for_each_target(t, ctx)
 			return t;