diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 618d80112d1e..4ace52e4211a 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -2873,9 +2873,14 @@ void mptcp_set_state(struct sock *sk, int state)
 		if (oldstate != TCP_ESTABLISHED)
 			MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_CURRESTAB);
 		break;
-
+	case TCP_CLOSE_WAIT:
+		/* Unlike TCP, MPTCP sk would not have the TCP_SYN_RECV state:
+		 * MPTCP "accepted" sockets will be created later on. So no
+		 * transition from TCP_SYN_RECV to TCP_CLOSE_WAIT.
+		 */
+		break;
 	default:
-		if (oldstate == TCP_ESTABLISHED)
+		if (oldstate == TCP_ESTABLISHED || oldstate == TCP_CLOSE_WAIT)
 			MPTCP_DEC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_CURRESTAB);
 	}