diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index ee357700b27b..9a40dae31cec 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -850,12 +850,12 @@ static bool __mptcp_finish_join(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static void __mptcp_flush_join_list(struct sock *sk)
+static void __mptcp_flush_join_list(struct sock *sk, struct list_head *join_list)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *tmp, *subflow;
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(subflow, tmp, &msk->join_list, node) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(subflow, tmp, join_list, node) {
 		struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 		bool slow = lock_sock_fast(ssk);
 
@@ -3342,9 +3342,14 @@ static void mptcp_release_cb(struct sock *sk)
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned long flags = (msk->cb_flags & MPTCP_FLAGS_PROCESS_CTX_NEED) |
 				      msk->push_pending;
+		struct list_head join_list;
+
 		if (!flags)
 			break;
 
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&join_list);
+		list_splice_init(&msk->join_list, &join_list);
+
 		/* the following actions acquire the subflow socket lock
 		 *
 		 * 1) can't be invoked in atomic scope
@@ -3355,8 +3360,9 @@ static void mptcp_release_cb(struct sock *sk)
 		msk->push_pending = 0;
 		msk->cb_flags &= ~flags;
 		spin_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_lock.slock);
+
 		if (flags & BIT(MPTCP_FLUSH_JOIN_LIST))
-			__mptcp_flush_join_list(sk);
+			__mptcp_flush_join_list(sk, &join_list);
 		if (flags & BIT(MPTCP_PUSH_PENDING))
 			__mptcp_push_pending(sk, 0);
 		if (flags & BIT(MPTCP_RETRANSMIT))