diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index e63bc2bb7fff030cb734fa5df2d88c3598c6f056..e475212f2618bf46d995b43fb2eef0918845b0a7 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -2331,6 +2331,11 @@ static void __mptcp_close_ssk(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk,
 		kfree_rcu(subflow, rcu);
 	} else {
 		/* otherwise tcp will dispose of the ssk and subflow ctx */
+		if (ssk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN) {
+			tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
+			mptcp_subflow_queue_clean(ssk);
+			inet_csk_listen_stop(ssk);
+		}
 		__tcp_close(ssk, 0);
 
 		/* close acquired an extra ref */
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 9860179bfd5edaa7f7d16887bd8ccd8f6d07de85..c14d70c036d0eef8a8d7a9de415fed3e49fab358 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ struct mptcp_sock {
 
 	u32 setsockopt_seq;
 	char		ca_name[TCP_CA_NAME_MAX];
+	struct mptcp_sock	*dl_next;
 };
 
 #define mptcp_data_lock(sk) spin_lock_bh(&(sk)->sk_lock.slock)
@@ -608,6 +609,7 @@ void mptcp_close_ssk(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk,
 		     struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow);
 void mptcp_subflow_send_ack(struct sock *ssk);
 void mptcp_subflow_reset(struct sock *ssk);
+void mptcp_subflow_queue_clean(struct sock *ssk);
 void mptcp_sock_graft(struct sock *sk, struct socket *parent);
 struct socket *__mptcp_nmpc_socket(const struct mptcp_sock *msk);
 
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 03862103665d69f27bf995618a266928314fb247..63e8892ec807d33a2dd0070e87902fd6a2289837 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1723,6 +1723,58 @@ static void subflow_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 }
 
+void mptcp_subflow_queue_clean(struct sock *listener_ssk)
+{
+	struct request_sock_queue *queue = &inet_csk(listener_ssk)->icsk_accept_queue;
+	struct mptcp_sock *msk, *next, *head = NULL;
+	struct request_sock *req;
+
+	/* build a list of all unaccepted mptcp sockets */
+	spin_lock_bh(&queue->rskq_lock);
+	for (req = queue->rskq_accept_head; req; req = req->dl_next) {
+		struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
+		struct sock *ssk = req->sk;
+		struct mptcp_sock *msk;
+
+		if (!sk_is_mptcp(ssk))
+			continue;
+
+		subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk);
+		if (!subflow || !subflow->conn)
+			continue;
+
+		/* skip if already in list */
+		msk = mptcp_sk(subflow->conn);
+		if (msk->dl_next || msk == head)
+			continue;
+
+		msk->dl_next = head;
+		head = msk;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_bh(&queue->rskq_lock);
+	if (!head)
+		return;
+
+	/* can't acquire the msk socket lock under the subflow one,
+	 * or will cause ABBA deadlock
+	 */
+	release_sock(listener_ssk);
+
+	for (msk = head; msk; msk = next) {
+		struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)msk;
+		bool slow;
+
+		slow = lock_sock_fast_nested(sk);
+		next = msk->dl_next;
+		msk->first = NULL;
+		msk->dl_next = NULL;
+		unlock_sock_fast(sk, slow);
+	}
+
+	/* we are still under the listener msk socket lock */
+	lock_sock_nested(listener_ssk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+}
+
 static int subflow_ulp_init(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);