diff --git a/mm/damon/vaddr.c b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
index 58829baf8b5d..a0036dc78a3b 100644
--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static int __damon_va_three_regions(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	 * If this is too slow, it can be optimised to examine the maple
 	 * tree gaps.
 	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_vma(vmi, vma) {
 		unsigned long gap;
 
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ static int __damon_va_three_regions(struct mm_struct *mm,
 next:
 		prev = vma;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (!sz_range(&second_gap) || !sz_range(&first_gap))
 		return -EINVAL;