diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 7832b20baac2e..3ca8b359e399a 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -276,11 +276,13 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skb(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk,
 
 	/* try to fetch required memory from subflow */
 	if (!sk_rmem_schedule(sk, skb, skb->truesize)) {
-		if (ssk->sk_forward_alloc < skb->truesize)
-			goto drop;
-		__sk_mem_reclaim(ssk, skb->truesize);
-		if (!sk_rmem_schedule(sk, skb, skb->truesize))
+		int amount = sk_mem_pages(skb->truesize) << SK_MEM_QUANTUM_SHIFT;
+
+		if (ssk->sk_forward_alloc < amount)
 			goto drop;
+
+		ssk->sk_forward_alloc -= amount;
+		sk->sk_forward_alloc += amount;
 	}
 
 	/* the skb map_seq accounts for the skb offset: