diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index f6b4511b09b00..b865ba911bc40 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ void mptcp_subflow_reset(struct sock *ssk)
 	/* must hold: tcp_done() could drop last reference on parent */
 	sock_hold(sk);
 
-	tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
 	tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	tcp_done(ssk);
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(MPTCP_WORK_CLOSE_SUBFLOW, &mptcp_sk(sk)->flags) &&