diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 948606a537da..442fa7d9b57a 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1260,6 +1260,7 @@ static int mptcp_sendmsg_frag(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk,
 		mpext = mptcp_get_ext(skb);
 		if (!mptcp_skb_can_collapse_to(data_seq, skb, mpext)) {
 			TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->eor = 1;
+			tcp_mark_push(tcp_sk(ssk), skb);
 			goto alloc_skb;
 		}