diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
index e60db06ec28d..bf44e85d709d 100644
--- a/include/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ struct tcp_request_sock {
 	u64				snt_synack; /* first SYNACK sent time */
 	bool				tfo_listener;
 	bool				is_mptcp;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MPTCP)
+	bool				drop_req;
+#endif
 	u32				txhash;
 	u32				rcv_isn;
 	u32				snt_isn;
diff --git a/include/net/mptcp.h b/include/net/mptcp.h
index e60275659de6..c4a6ef4ba35b 100644
--- a/include/net/mptcp.h
+++ b/include/net/mptcp.h
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ static inline bool rsk_is_mptcp(const struct request_sock *req)
 	return tcp_rsk(req)->is_mptcp;
 }
 
+static inline bool rsk_drop_req(const struct request_sock *req)
+{
+	return tcp_rsk(req)->is_mptcp && tcp_rsk(req)->drop_req;
+}
+
 void mptcp_space(const struct sock *ssk, int *space, int *full_space);
 bool mptcp_syn_options(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		       unsigned int *size, struct mptcp_out_options *opts);
@@ -121,8 +126,6 @@ static inline bool mptcp_skb_can_collapse(const struct sk_buff *to,
 				 skb_ext_find(from, SKB_EXT_MPTCP));
 }
 
-bool mptcp_sk_is_subflow(const struct sock *sk);
-
 void mptcp_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq);
 #else
 
@@ -140,6 +143,11 @@ static inline bool rsk_is_mptcp(const struct request_sock *req)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool rsk_drop_req(const struct request_sock *req)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline void mptcp_parse_option(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 				      const unsigned char *ptr, int opsize,
 				      struct tcp_options_received *opt_rx)
@@ -190,11 +198,6 @@ static inline bool mptcp_skb_can_collapse(const struct sk_buff *to,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static inline bool mptcp_sk_is_subflow(const struct sock *sk)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-
 static inline void mptcp_space(const struct sock *ssk, int *s, int *fs) { }
 static inline void mptcp_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MPTCP */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index 7e40322cc5ec..495dda2449fe 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_check_req(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!child)
 		goto listen_overflow;
 
-	if (own_req && sk_is_mptcp(child) && mptcp_sk_is_subflow(child)) {
+	if (own_req && rsk_drop_req(req)) {
 		reqsk_queue_removed(&inet_csk(sk)->icsk_accept_queue, req);
 		inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop_and_put(sk, req);
 		return child;
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index e1f23016ed3f..a61e60e94137 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1638,13 +1638,6 @@ bool mptcp_finish_join(struct sock *sk)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-bool mptcp_sk_is_subflow(const struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(sk);
-
-	return subflow->mp_join == 1;
-}
-
 static bool mptcp_memory_free(const struct sock *sk, int wake)
 {
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 009d5c478062..5e03ed8ae899 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ static struct sock *subflow_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
 	if (child && *own_req) {
 		struct mptcp_subflow_context *ctx = mptcp_subflow_ctx(child);
 
+		tcp_rsk(req)->drop_req = false;
+
 		/* we need to fallback on ctx allocation failure and on pre-reqs
 		 * checking above. In the latter scenario we additionally need
 		 * to reset the context to non MPTCP status.
@@ -512,6 +514,7 @@ static struct sock *subflow_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
 				goto close_child;
 
 			SUBFLOW_REQ_INC_STATS(req, MPTCP_MIB_JOINACKRX);
+			tcp_rsk(req)->drop_req = true;
 		}
 	}