diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 3b154ad4945c..607519246bf2 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -275,7 +275,6 @@ void mptcp_subflow_reset(struct sock *ssk)
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk);
 	struct sock *sk = subflow->conn;
 
-	tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
 	tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	tcp_done(ssk);
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(MPTCP_WORK_CLOSE_SUBFLOW, &mptcp_sk(sk)->flags) &&