diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 782b1d4522697357495ef8d64f436d8a50c63ec8..356f596e2032306933cbcd17b3838800fb25ccce 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -925,6 +925,7 @@ static int mptcp_pm_nl_append_new_local_addr(struct pm_nl_pernet *pernet,
 static int mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(struct sock *sk,
 					    struct mptcp_pm_addr_entry *entry)
 {
+	int addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk;
 	struct socket *ssock;
@@ -949,8 +950,11 @@ static int mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(struct sock *sk,
 	}
 
 	mptcp_info2sockaddr(&entry->addr, &addr, entry->addr.family);
-	err = kernel_bind(ssock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr,
-			  sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MPTCP_IPV6)
+	if (entry->addr.family == AF_INET6)
+		addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
+#endif
+	err = kernel_bind(ssock, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addrlen);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_warn("kernel_bind error, err=%d", err);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index b8bdbec0cf69c7155056122011bb8d61eb55093d..c0801df15f547265e2f63d0625ca7f958e765572 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ signal_address_tests()
 	ip netns exec $ns2 ./pm_nl_ctl add 10.0.3.2 flags signal
 	ip netns exec $ns2 ./pm_nl_ctl add 10.0.4.2 flags signal
 	run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1
+	chk_join_nr "signal addresses race test" 3 3 3
 
 	# the server will not signal the address terminating
 	# the MPC subflow