diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index f7782c69037d..91964336ce31 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -3763,7 +3763,8 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
 		unsigned long next_ops_update_sis = ctx->next_ops_update_sis;
 		unsigned long sample_interval = ctx->attrs.sample_interval;
 		bool access_check_disabled = damon_has_probe_weights(ctx);
-		unsigned int max_merge_score = 0;
+		unsigned int max_merge_score = 0, max_wsum;
+		bool get_max_wsum;
 
 		if (kdamond_wait_activation(ctx))
 			break;
@@ -3776,9 +3777,18 @@ static int kdamond_fn(void *data)
 
 		if (!access_check_disabled && ctx->ops.check_accesses)
 			max_merge_score = ctx->ops.check_accesses(ctx);
-		if (ctx->ops.apply_probes)
-			ctx->ops.apply_probes(ctx, access_check_disabled,
-					false);
+		if (ctx->ops.apply_probes) {
+			if (time_after_eq(ctx->passed_sample_intervals,
+						next_aggregation_sis) &&
+					access_check_disabled)
+				get_max_wsum = true;
+			else
+				get_max_wsum = false;
+			max_wsum = ctx->ops.apply_probes(ctx,
+					access_check_disabled, get_max_wsum);
+			if (get_max_wsum)
+				max_merge_score = max_wsum;
+		}
 
 		if (time_after_eq(ctx->passed_sample_intervals,
 					next_aggregation_sis)) {