diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index f60f01b14fac4..12bb28c5007ed 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -3294,6 +3294,17 @@ static int mptcp_ioctl_outq(const struct mptcp_sock *msk, u64 v)
 		return 0;
 
 	delta = msk->write_seq - v;
+	if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk) && msk->first) {
+		struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(msk->first);
+
+		/* the first subflow is disconnected after close - see
+		 * __mptcp_close_ssk(). tcp_disconnect() moves the write_seq
+		 * so ignore that status, too.
+		 */
+		if (!((1 << msk->first->sk_state) &
+		      (TCPF_SYN_SENT | TCPF_SYN_RECV | TCPF_CLOSE)))
+			delta += READ_ONCE(tp->write_seq) - tp->snd_una;
+	}
 	if (delta > INT_MAX)
 		delta = INT_MAX;