diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 548c302a757ee6..e7523a40132f57 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ struct mptcp_subflow_context {
 		is_mptfo : 1,	    /* subflow is doing TFO */
 		__unused : 9;
 	enum mptcp_data_avail data_avail;
+	bool	scheduled;
 	u32	remote_nonce;
 	u64	thmac;
 	u32	local_nonce;
@@ -663,6 +664,8 @@ void mptcp_unregister_scheduler(struct mptcp_sched_ops *sched);
 int mptcp_init_sched(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 		     struct mptcp_sched_ops *sched);
 void mptcp_release_sched(struct mptcp_sock *msk);
+void mptcp_subflow_set_scheduled(struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow,
+				 bool scheduled);
 
 static inline bool __tcp_can_send(const struct sock *ssk)
 {
diff --git a/net/mptcp/sched.c b/net/mptcp/sched.c
index 53773668b5ee0b..d295b92a57899b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/sched.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/sched.c
@@ -87,3 +87,9 @@ void mptcp_release_sched(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 
 	bpf_module_put(sched, sched->owner);
 }
+
+void mptcp_subflow_set_scheduled(struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow,
+				 bool scheduled)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(subflow->scheduled, scheduled);
+}