diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 89c78a71e535..59186997c3e2 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -821,6 +821,13 @@ void mptcp_data_ready(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk)
 	mptcp_data_unlock(sk);
 }
 
+static void mptcp_subflow_joined(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)
+{
+	mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk)->map_seq = READ_ONCE(msk->ack_seq);
+	WRITE_ONCE(msk->allow_infinite_fallback, false);
+	mptcp_event(MPTCP_EVENT_SUB_ESTABLISHED, msk, ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
+}
+
 static bool __mptcp_finish_join(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)msk;
@@ -835,6 +842,7 @@ static bool __mptcp_finish_join(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)
 		mptcp_sock_graft(ssk, sk->sk_socket);
 
 	mptcp_sockopt_sync_locked(msk, ssk);
+	mptcp_subflow_joined(msk, ssk);
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -3485,14 +3493,16 @@ bool mptcp_finish_join(struct sock *ssk)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!list_empty(&subflow->node))
-		goto out;
+	/* active subflow, already present inside the conn_list */
+	if (!list_empty(&subflow->node)) {
+		mptcp_subflow_joined(msk, ssk);
+		return true;
+	}
 
 	if (!mptcp_pm_allow_new_subflow(msk))
 		goto err_prohibited;
 
-	/* active connections are already on conn_list.
-	 * If we can't acquire msk socket lock here, let the release callback
+	/* If we can't acquire msk socket lock here, let the release callback
 	 * handle it
 	 */
 	mptcp_data_lock(parent);
@@ -3515,11 +3525,6 @@ bool mptcp_finish_join(struct sock *ssk)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	subflow->map_seq = READ_ONCE(msk->ack_seq);
-	WRITE_ONCE(msk->allow_infinite_fallback, false);
-
-out:
-	mptcp_event(MPTCP_EVENT_SUB_ESTABLISHED, msk, ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	return true;
 }