diff --git a/mm/damon/Makefile b/mm/damon/Makefile
index 3e6b8ad73858..f8d535a6253b 100644
--- a/mm/damon/Makefile
+++ b/mm/damon/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 obj-y				:= core.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_VADDR)	+= ops-common.o vaddr.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_PADDR)	+= ops-common.o paddr.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_SYSFS)	+= sysfs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_SYSFS)	+= sysfs-common.o sysfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_DBGFS)	+= dbgfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_RECLAIM)	+= reclaim.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DAMON_LRU_SORT)	+= lru_sort.o
diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-common.c b/mm/damon/sysfs-common.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9dc743868d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Common Primitives for DAMON Sysfs Interface
+ *
+ * Author: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#include "sysfs-common.h"
+
+DEFINE_MUTEX(damon_sysfs_lock);
+
diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-common.h b/mm/damon/sysfs-common.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..745a918b94f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Common Primitives for DAMON Sysfs Interface
+ *
+ * Author: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/damon.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+
+extern struct mutex damon_sysfs_lock;
diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs.c b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
index f3d7b34ea0ab..a847b9159718 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs.c
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2022 SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
  */
 
-#include <linux/damon.h>
-#include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/pid.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(damon_sysfs_lock);
+#include "sysfs-common.h"
 
 /*
  * unsigned long range directory