diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 7ab2a52ad150..1c8482bc2ce5 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1159,7 +1159,8 @@ static void subflow_state_change(struct sock *sk)
 	if (mptcp_subflow_data_available(sk))
 		mptcp_data_ready(parent, sk);
 
-	if (!(parent->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) &&
+	if (__mptcp_check_fallback(mptcp_sk(parent)) &&
+	    !(parent->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) &&
 	    !subflow->rx_eof && subflow_is_done(sk)) {
 		subflow->rx_eof = 1;
 		mptcp_subflow_eof(parent);