diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 5df60a4b0930..47f359dac247 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *__mptcp_alloc_tx_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, g
 		tcp_skb_entail(ssk, skb);
 		return skb;
 	}
+	tcp_skb_tsorted_anchor_cleanup(skb);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return NULL;
 }