diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index f483eab0081a..42928db28351 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -471,8 +471,15 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skbs_from_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 				mptcp_subflow_get_map_offset(subflow);
 
 		skb = skb_peek(&ssk->sk_receive_queue);
-		if (!skb)
+		if (!skb) {
+			/* if no data is found, a racing workqueue/recvmsg
+			 * already processed the new data, stop here or we
+			 * can enter an infinite loop
+			 */
+			if (!moved)
+				done = true;
 			break;
+		}
 
 		if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk)) {
 			/* if we are running under the workqueue, TCP could have