diff --git a/mm/damon/core.c b/mm/damon/core.c
index d0441e24a8ed..617b19b29d84 100644
--- a/mm/damon/core.c
+++ b/mm/damon/core.c
@@ -989,6 +989,9 @@ static void damon_do_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c,
 	damon_for_each_scheme(s, c) {
 		struct damos_quota *quota = &s->quota;
 
+		if (c->passed_sample_intervals != s->next_apply_sis)
+			continue;
+
 		if (!s->wmarks.activated)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1089,10 +1092,6 @@ static void kdamond_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c)
 		if (c->passed_sample_intervals != s->next_apply_sis)
 			continue;
 
-		s->next_apply_sis +=
-			(s->apply_interval_us ? s->apply_interval_us :
-			 c->attrs.aggr_interval) / sample_interval;
-
 		if (!s->wmarks.activated)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1108,6 +1107,14 @@ static void kdamond_apply_schemes(struct damon_ctx *c)
 		damon_for_each_region_safe(r, next_r, t)
 			damon_do_apply_schemes(c, t, r);
 	}
+
+	damon_for_each_scheme(s, c) {
+		if (c->passed_sample_intervals != s->next_apply_sis)
+			continue;
+		s->next_apply_sis +=
+			(s->apply_interval_us ? s->apply_interval_us :
+			 c->attrs.aggr_interval) / sample_interval;
+	}
 }
 
 /*