diff --git a/mm/damon/paddr.c b/mm/damon/paddr.c
index 219127cb49e2..1ada62db68b1 100644
--- a/mm/damon/paddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/paddr.c
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ static unsigned long damon_pa_pageout(struct damon_region *r)
 	return applied * PAGE_SIZE;
 }
 
-static unsigned long damon_pa_mark_accessed(struct damon_region *r)
+static inline unsigned long damon_pa_mark_accessed_or_deactivate(
+		struct damon_region *r, bool mark_accessed)
 {
 	unsigned long addr, applied = 0;
 
@@ -241,27 +242,24 @@ static unsigned long damon_pa_mark_accessed(struct damon_region *r)
 
 		if (!page)
 			continue;
-		mark_page_accessed(page);
+		if (mark_accessed)
+			mark_page_accessed(page);
+		else
+			deactivate_page(page);
 		put_page(page);
 		applied++;
 	}
 	return applied * PAGE_SIZE;
 }
 
+static unsigned long damon_pa_mark_accessed(struct damon_region *r)
+{
+	return damon_pa_mark_accessed_or_deactivate(r, true);
+}
+
 static unsigned long damon_pa_deactivate_pages(struct damon_region *r)
 {
-	unsigned long addr, applied = 0;
-
-	for (addr = r->ar.start; addr < r->ar.end; addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
-		struct page *page = damon_get_page(PHYS_PFN(addr));
-
-		if (!page)
-			continue;
-		deactivate_page(page);
-		put_page(page);
-		applied++;
-	}
-	return applied * PAGE_SIZE;
+	return damon_pa_mark_accessed_or_deactivate(r, false);
 }
 
 static unsigned long damon_pa_apply_scheme(struct damon_ctx *ctx,