diff --git a/net/mptcp/options.c b/net/mptcp/options.c
index 64afe71e2129..c389d7e47135 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/options.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/options.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ static void mptcp_parse_option(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 			mp_opt->dss = 1;
 			mp_opt->use_map = 1;
 			mp_opt->mpc_map = 1;
+			mp_opt->use_ack = 0;
 			mp_opt->data_len = get_unaligned_be16(ptr);
 			ptr += 2;
 		}