diff --git a/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h b/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h
index cfae870178bf..98e734d77d51 100644
--- a/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h
+++ b/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h
@@ -252,88 +252,12 @@ static void damon_test_apply_three_regions4(struct kunit *test)
 			new_three_regions, expected, ARRAY_SIZE(expected));
 }
 
-static void damon_test_split_evenly_fail(struct kunit *test,
-		unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned int nr_pieces)
-{
-	struct damon_target *t = damon_new_target();
-	struct damon_region *r;
-
-	if (!t)
-		kunit_skip(test, "target alloc fail");
-
-	r = damon_new_region(start, end);
-	if (!r) {
-		damon_free_target(t);
-		kunit_skip(test, "region alloc fail");
-	}
-
-	damon_add_region(r, t);
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test,
-			damon_va_evenly_split_region(t, r, nr_pieces), -EINVAL);
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_nr_regions(t), 1u);
-
-	damon_for_each_region(r, t) {
-		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.start, start);
-		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.end, end);
-	}
-
-	damon_free_target(t);
-}
-
-static void damon_test_split_evenly_succ(struct kunit *test,
-	unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned int nr_pieces)
-{
-	struct damon_target *t = damon_new_target();
-	struct damon_region *r;
-	unsigned long expected_width = (end - start) / nr_pieces;
-	unsigned long i = 0;
-
-	if (!t)
-		kunit_skip(test, "target alloc fail");
-	r = damon_new_region(start, end);
-	if (!r) {
-		damon_free_target(t);
-		kunit_skip(test, "region alloc fail");
-	}
-	damon_add_region(r, t);
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test,
-			damon_va_evenly_split_region(t, r, nr_pieces), 0);
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_nr_regions(t), nr_pieces);
-
-	damon_for_each_region(r, t) {
-		if (i == nr_pieces - 1) {
-			KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test,
-				r->ar.start, start + i * expected_width);
-			KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.end, end);
-			break;
-		}
-		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test,
-				r->ar.start, start + i++ * expected_width);
-		KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, r->ar.end, start + i * expected_width);
-	}
-	damon_free_target(t);
-}
-
-static void damon_test_split_evenly(struct kunit *test)
-{
-	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, damon_va_evenly_split_region(NULL, NULL, 5),
-			-EINVAL);
-
-	damon_test_split_evenly_fail(test, 0, 100, 0);
-	damon_test_split_evenly_succ(test, 0, 100, 10);
-	damon_test_split_evenly_succ(test, 5, 59, 5);
-	damon_test_split_evenly_succ(test, 4, 6, 1);
-	damon_test_split_evenly_succ(test, 0, 3, 2);
-	damon_test_split_evenly_fail(test, 5, 6, 2);
-}
-
 static struct kunit_case damon_test_cases[] = {
 	KUNIT_CASE(damon_test_three_regions_in_vmas),
 	KUNIT_CASE(damon_test_apply_three_regions1),
 	KUNIT_CASE(damon_test_apply_three_regions2),
 	KUNIT_CASE(damon_test_apply_three_regions3),
 	KUNIT_CASE(damon_test_apply_three_regions4),
-	KUNIT_CASE(damon_test_split_evenly),
 	{},
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/damon/vaddr.c b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
index 4d6d8251d419..b069dbc7e3d2 100644
--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c
+++ b/mm/damon/vaddr.c
@@ -53,52 +53,6 @@ static struct mm_struct *damon_get_mm(struct damon_target *t)
 	return mm;
 }
 
-/*
- * Functions for the initial monitoring target regions construction
- */
-
-/*
- * Size-evenly split a region into 'nr_pieces' small regions
- *
- * Returns 0 on success, or negative error code otherwise.
- */
-static int damon_va_evenly_split_region(struct damon_target *t,
-		struct damon_region *r, unsigned int nr_pieces)
-{
-	unsigned long sz_orig, sz_piece, orig_end;
-	struct damon_region *n = NULL, *next;
-	unsigned long start;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	if (!r || !nr_pieces)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (nr_pieces == 1)
-		return 0;
-
-	orig_end = r->ar.end;
-	sz_orig = damon_sz_region(r);
-	sz_piece = ALIGN_DOWN(sz_orig / nr_pieces, DAMON_MIN_REGION_SZ);
-
-	if (!sz_piece)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	r->ar.end = r->ar.start + sz_piece;
-	next = damon_next_region(r);
-	for (start = r->ar.end, i = 1; i < nr_pieces; start += sz_piece, i++) {
-		n = damon_new_region(start, start + sz_piece);
-		if (!n)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		damon_insert_region(n, r, next, t);
-		r = n;
-	}
-	/* complement last region for possible rounding error */
-	if (n)
-		n->ar.end = orig_end;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static unsigned long sz_range(struct damon_addr_range *r)
 {
 	return r->end - r->start;
@@ -240,10 +194,8 @@ static void __damon_va_init_regions(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
 				     struct damon_target *t)
 {
 	struct damon_target *ti;
-	struct damon_region *r;
 	struct damon_addr_range regions[3];
-	unsigned long sz = 0, nr_pieces;
-	int i, tidx = 0;
+	int tidx = 0;
 
 	if (damon_va_three_regions(t, regions)) {
 		damon_for_each_target(ti, ctx) {
@@ -255,25 +207,7 @@ static void __damon_va_init_regions(struct damon_ctx *ctx,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
-		sz += regions[i].end - regions[i].start;
-	if (ctx->attrs.min_nr_regions)
-		sz /= ctx->attrs.min_nr_regions;
-	if (sz < DAMON_MIN_REGION_SZ)
-		sz = DAMON_MIN_REGION_SZ;
-
-	/* Set the initial three regions of the target */
-	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-		r = damon_new_region(regions[i].start, regions[i].end);
-		if (!r) {
-			pr_err("%d'th init region creation failed\n", i);
-			return;
-		}
-		damon_add_region(r, t);
-
-		nr_pieces = (regions[i].end - regions[i].start) / sz;
-		damon_va_evenly_split_region(t, r, nr_pieces);
-	}
+	damon_set_regions(t, regions, 3, DAMON_MIN_REGION_SZ);
 }
 
 /* Initialize '->regions_list' of every target (task) */