diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index edc0128730dfe..d230a75af6313 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -626,6 +626,8 @@ static inline void mptcp_write_space(struct sock *sk)
 
 void mptcp_destroy_common(struct mptcp_sock *msk);
 
+#define MPTCP_TOKEN_MAX_RETRIES	4
+
 void __init mptcp_token_init(void);
 static inline void mptcp_token_init_request(struct request_sock *req)
 {
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 82e91b00ad397..15620bafc5440 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static int subflow_check_req(struct request_sock *req,
 	}
 
 	if (mp_opt.mp_capable && listener->request_mptcp) {
-		int err, retries = 4;
+		int err, retries = MPTCP_TOKEN_MAX_RETRIES;
 
 		subflow_req->ssn_offset = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq;
 again:
diff --git a/net/mptcp/token.c b/net/mptcp/token.c
index 72a24e63b1314..a98e554b034fe 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/token.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/token.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include <net/mptcp.h>
 #include "protocol.h"
 
-#define TOKEN_MAX_RETRIES	4
 #define TOKEN_MAX_CHAIN_LEN	4
 
 struct token_bucket {
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ int mptcp_token_new_connect(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(sk);
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(subflow->conn);
-	int retries = TOKEN_MAX_RETRIES;
+	int retries = MPTCP_TOKEN_MAX_RETRIES;
 	struct token_bucket *bucket;
 
 again: