diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
index 34fab06af744..5e2d8e18ce3e 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_netlink.c
@@ -877,12 +877,12 @@ static void mptcp_pm_nl_rm_addr_or_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 				 i, rm_id, id, remote_id, msk->mpc_endpoint_id);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 			mptcp_subflow_shutdown(sk, ssk, how);
+			removed |= subflow->request_join;
 
 			/* the following takes care of updating the subflows counter */
 			mptcp_close_ssk(sk, ssk, subflow);
 			spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 
-			removed |= subflow->request_join;
 			if (rm_type == MPTCP_MIB_RMSUBFLOW)
 				__MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), rm_type);
 		}