diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 04c3caed92dfbdc446f791dd8aebfa8f7e74efa8..e959104832efa244d7a20b417922ea9f950836b6 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -861,6 +861,9 @@ struct sock *mptcp_sk_clone(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
 		ack_seq++;
 		msk->ack_seq = ack_seq;
 	}
+
+	/* will be fully established after successful MPC subflow creation */
+	inet_sk_state_store(nsk, TCP_SYN_RECV);
 	bh_unlock_sock(nsk);
 
 	/* keep a single reference */
@@ -916,10 +919,6 @@ static struct sock *mptcp_accept(struct sock *sk, int flags, int *err,
 		mptcp_copy_inaddrs(newsk, ssk);
 		list_add(&subflow->node, &msk->conn_list);
 
-		/* will be fully established at mptcp_stream_accept()
-		 * completion.
-		 */
-		inet_sk_state_store(new_mptcp_sock, TCP_SYN_RECV);
 		bh_unlock_sock(new_mptcp_sock);
 		local_bh_enable();
 	}
@@ -1256,8 +1255,6 @@ static int mptcp_stream_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
 			if (!ssk->sk_socket)
 				mptcp_sock_graft(ssk, newsock);
 		}
-
-		inet_sk_state_store(newsock->sk, TCP_ESTABLISHED);
 	}
 
 	sock_put(ssock->sk);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 8434c7f5f71291b500c38d2f1230d442f7e49725..052d72a1d3a2da9e8927773347ab26417848e081 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ static struct sock *subflow_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
 			/* new mpc subflow takes ownership of the newly
 			 * created mptcp socket
 			 */
+			inet_sk_state_store((struct sock *)new_msk,
+					    TCP_ESTABLISHED);
 			ctx->conn = new_msk;
 			new_msk = NULL;
 		}