diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 14b253d10ccfe..3980fbb6f31ea 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -374,6 +374,27 @@ void mptcp_subflow_eof(struct sock *sk)
 		sock_hold(sk);
 }
 
+static void mptcp_check_for_eof(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+{
+	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
+	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)msk;
+	int receivers = 0;
+
+	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow)
+		receivers += !subflow->rx_eof;
+
+	if (!receivers && !(sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)) {
+		/* hopefully temporary hack: propagate shutdown status
+		 * to msk, when all subflows agree on it
+		 */
+		sk->sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
+
+		smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* SHUTDOWN must be visible first */
+		set_bit(MPTCP_DATA_READY, &msk->flags);
+		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
+	}
+}
+
 static void mptcp_stop_timer(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
@@ -1011,6 +1032,9 @@ static int mptcp_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 				break;
 			}
 
+			if (test_and_clear_bit(MPTCP_WORK_EOF, &msk->flags))
+				mptcp_check_for_eof(msk);
+
 			if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
 				break;
 
@@ -1148,27 +1172,6 @@ static unsigned int mptcp_sync_mss(struct sock *sk, u32 pmtu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void mptcp_check_for_eof(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
-{
-	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
-	struct sock *sk = (struct sock *)msk;
-	int receivers = 0;
-
-	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow)
-		receivers += !subflow->rx_eof;
-
-	if (!receivers && !(sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)) {
-		/* hopefully temporary hack: propagate shutdown status
-		 * to msk, when all subflows agree on it
-		 */
-		sk->sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
-
-		smp_mb__before_atomic(); /* SHUTDOWN must be visible first */
-		set_bit(MPTCP_DATA_READY, &msk->flags);
-		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
-	}
-}
-
 static void mptcp_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = container_of(work, struct mptcp_sock, work);