diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 7919e259175df2..ccae50eba664bf 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1221,14 +1221,14 @@ static bool subflow_check_data_avail(struct sock *ssk)
 	/* RFC 8684 section 3.7. */
 	if (subflow->send_mp_fail) {
 		if (mptcp_has_another_subflow(ssk)) {
+			ssk->sk_err = EBADMSG;
+			tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
+			subflow->reset_transient = 0;
+			subflow->reset_reason = MPTCP_RST_EMIDDLEBOX;
+			tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			while ((skb = skb_peek(&ssk->sk_receive_queue)))
 				sk_eat_skb(ssk, skb);
 		}
-		ssk->sk_err = EBADMSG;
-		tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
-		subflow->reset_transient = 0;
-		subflow->reset_reason = MPTCP_RST_EMIDDLEBOX;
-		tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		WRITE_ONCE(subflow->data_avail, MPTCP_SUBFLOW_NODATA);
 		return true;
 	}