diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index 2daffd5820fe..eefb2ada67ca 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -980,7 +980,8 @@ static unsigned long damos_wmark_wait_us(struct damos *scheme)
 
 static void kdamond_usleep(unsigned long usecs)
 {
-	if (usecs > 100 * 1000)
+	/* See Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst for the thresholds */
+	if (usecs > 20 * USEC_PER_MSEC)
 		schedule_timeout_idle(usecs_to_jiffies(usecs));
 	else
 		usleep_idle_range(usecs, usecs + 1);