diff --git a/mm/damon/ops-common.c b/mm/damon/ops-common.c
index 8c6d613425c1..3a0ddc3ac719 100644
--- a/mm/damon/ops-common.c
+++ b/mm/damon/ops-common.c
@@ -117,9 +117,12 @@ int damon_hot_score(struct damon_ctx *c, struct damon_region *r,
 		damon_max_nr_accesses(&c->attrs);
 
 	age_in_sec = (unsigned long)r->age * c->attrs.aggr_interval / 1000000;
-	for (age_in_log = 0; age_in_log < DAMON_MAX_AGE_IN_LOG && age_in_sec;
-			age_in_log++, age_in_sec >>= 1)
-		;
+	if (age_in_sec)
+		age_in_log = min_t(int, ilog2(age_in_sec) + 1,
+				DAMON_MAX_AGE_IN_LOG);
+	else
+		age_in_log = 0;
+
 
 	/* If frequency is 0, higher age means it's colder */
 	if (freq_subscore == 0)