diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index d78ef96a88cc..7b312aa03e6b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_add_addr_received(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	struct mptcp_addr_info remote;
 	unsigned int subflows_max;
 	bool reset_port = false;
+	bool sf_created = false;
 	int i, nr;
 
 	add_addr_accept_max = mptcp_pm_get_add_addr_accept_max(msk);
@@ -632,16 +633,19 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_add_addr_received(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	 */
 	nr = fill_local_addresses_vec(msk, addrs);
 
-	msk->pm.add_addr_accepted++;
-	if (msk->pm.add_addr_accepted >= add_addr_accept_max ||
-	    msk->pm.subflows >= subflows_max)
-		WRITE_ONCE(msk->pm.accept_addr, false);
-
 	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++)
-		__mptcp_subflow_connect(sk, &addrs[i], &remote);
+		if (__mptcp_subflow_connect(sk, &addrs[i], &remote) == 0)
+			sf_created = true;
 	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 
+	if (sf_created) {
+		msk->pm.add_addr_accepted++;
+		if (msk->pm.add_addr_accepted >= add_addr_accept_max ||
+		    msk->pm.subflows >= subflows_max)
+			WRITE_ONCE(msk->pm.accept_addr, false);
+	}
+
 	/* be sure to echo exactly the received address */
 	if (reset_port)
 		remote.port = 0;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
index 3cf4f9f05956..e725285298a0 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_join.sh
@@ -1306,10 +1306,10 @@ remove_tests()
 	reset
 	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
 	# 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
+	ip netns exec $ns1 ./pm_nl_ctl add 10.0.3.1 flags signal
+	ip netns exec $ns2 ./pm_nl_ctl limits 2 2
 	run_tests $ns1 $ns2 10.0.1.1 0 -3 0 slow
 	chk_join_nr "remove invalid addresses" 1 1 1
 	chk_add_nr 3 3