diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 1f52a0fa31ed..69b66423305b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -954,7 +954,8 @@ static int mptcp_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 
 		pr_debug("block timeout %ld", timeo);
 		mptcp_wait_data(sk, &timeo);
-		if (unlikely(__mptcp_tcp_fallback(msk)))
+		ssock = __mptcp_tcp_fallback(msk);
+		if (unlikely(ssock))
 			goto fallback;
 	}