diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 73b3a44b183f..90e0a9e8e014 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -2691,7 +2691,7 @@ static void __mptcp_retrans(struct sock *sk)
 		}
 
 		if (!mptcp_send_head(sk))
-			return;
+			goto clear_scheduled;
 
 		goto reset_timer;
 	}
@@ -2722,7 +2722,7 @@ static void __mptcp_retrans(struct sock *sk)
 			if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk)) {
 				spin_unlock_bh(&msk->fallback_lock);
 				release_sock(ssk);
-				return;
+				goto clear_scheduled;
 			}
 
 			while (info.sent < info.limit) {
@@ -2754,6 +2754,15 @@ reset_timer:
 
 	if (!mptcp_rtx_timer_pending(sk))
 		mptcp_reset_rtx_timer(sk);
+
+clear_scheduled:
+	/* If no rtx data was available or in case of fallback, there
+	 * could be left-over scheduled subflows; clear them all
+	 * or later xmit could use bad ones
+	 */
+	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow)
+		if (READ_ONCE(subflow->scheduled))
+			mptcp_subflow_set_scheduled(subflow, false);
 }
 
 /* schedule the timeout timer for the relevant event: either close timeout