diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 651f2c158637..d78ef96a88cc 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -757,8 +757,11 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 
 			removed = true;
 			msk->pm.subflows--;
-			__MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), rm_type);
+			if (rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMSUBFLOW)
+				__MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), rm_type);
 		}
+		if (rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMADDR)
+			__MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), rm_type);
 		if (!removed)
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index a68048f1fc5a..3cf4f9f05956 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -1307,7 +1307,8 @@ remove_tests()
 	ip netns exec $ns1 ./pm_nl_ctl limits 3 3
 	ip netns exec $ns1 ./pm_nl_ctl add 10.0.12.1 flags signal
 	ip netns exec $ns1 ./pm_nl_ctl add 10.0.3.1 flags signal
-	ip netns exec $ns1 ./pm_nl_ctl add 10.0.14.1 flags signal
+	# broadcast IP: no packet for this address will be received on ns1
+	ip netns exec $ns1 ./pm_nl_ctl add 224.0.0.1 flags signal
 	ip netns exec $ns2 ./pm_nl_ctl limits 3 3
 	run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1 0 -3 0 slow
 	chk_join_nr "remove invalid addresses" 1 1 1