diff --git a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
index 245d63808411..04746cbb3327 100644
--- a/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
+++ b/mm/damon/sysfs-schemes.c
@@ -2594,6 +2594,7 @@ static int damon_sysfs_memcg_path_to_id(char *memcg_path, u64 *id)
 		if (damon_sysfs_memcg_path_eq(memcg, path, memcg_path)) {
 			*id = mem_cgroup_id(memcg);
 			found = true;
+			mem_cgroup_iter_break(NULL, memcg);
 			break;
 		}
 	}