diff --git a/mm/damon/paddr.c b/mm/damon/paddr.c
index ae24549921e2..74c2b6e1ca48 100644
--- a/mm/damon/paddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/paddr.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static bool damon_pa_young(unsigned long paddr, unsigned long *page_sz)
 	need_lock = !folio_test_anon(folio) || folio_test_ksm(folio);
 	if (need_lock && !folio_trylock(folio)) {
 		folio_put(folio);
-		return NULL;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	rmap_walk(folio, &rwc);