diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 5b2b04835688..2bc55f0eaca6 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ void tcp_release_cb(struct sock *sk);
 void tcp_wfree(struct sk_buff *skb);
 void tcp_write_timer_handler(struct sock *sk);
 void tcp_delack_timer_handler(struct sock *sk);
+bool retransmits_timed_out(struct sock *sk,
+			   unsigned int boundary,
+			   unsigned int timeout);
 int tcp_ioctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, int *karg);
 enum skb_drop_reason tcp_rcv_state_process(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void tcp_rcv_established(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index b412ed88ccd9..685aa718acfb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ static unsigned int tcp_model_timeout(struct sock *sk,
  * after "boundary" unsuccessful, exponentially backed-off
  * retransmissions with an initial RTO of TCP_RTO_MIN.
  */
-static bool retransmits_timed_out(struct sock *sk,
-				  unsigned int boundary,
-				  unsigned int timeout)
+bool retransmits_timed_out(struct sock *sk,
+			   unsigned int boundary,
+			   unsigned int timeout)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	unsigned int start_ts, delta;
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 8319a4bc86e3..03b175f4146c 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -423,6 +423,26 @@ static long mptcp_timeout_from_subflow(const struct mptcp_subflow_context *subfl
 	       inet_csk(ssk)->icsk_timeout - jiffies : 0;
 }
 
+static void __mptcp_subflow_timeout(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk, long tout)
+{
+	unsigned int boundary = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_retries1) + 1;
+
+	if (retransmits_timed_out(ssk, boundary, tout))
+		__mptcp_check_push(sk, ssk);
+}
+
+static void mptcp_subflow_timeout(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
+
+	mptcp_for_each_subflow(mptcp_sk(sk), subflow) {
+		struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
+		long tout = mptcp_timeout_from_subflow(subflow);
+
+		__mptcp_subflow_timeout(sk, ssk, tout);
+	}
+}
+
 void mptcp_set_timeout(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
@@ -2673,6 +2693,7 @@ static void mptcp_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	mptcp_check_fastclose(msk);
 
 	mptcp_pm_nl_work(msk);
+	mptcp_subflow_timeout(sk);
 
 	mptcp_check_send_data_fin(sk);
 	mptcp_check_data_fin_ack(sk);