diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index e97465f0c667..29849d77e4bf 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int __mptcp_socket_create(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	struct socket *ssock;
 	int err;
 
-	err = mptcp_subflow_create_socket(sk, &ssock);
+	err = mptcp_subflow_create_socket(sk, sk->sk_family, &ssock);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 62e9ff237b6e..1097428804f9 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -626,7 +626,8 @@ bool mptcp_addresses_equal(const struct mptcp_addr_info *a,
 /* called with sk socket lock held */
 int __mptcp_subflow_connect(struct sock *sk, const struct mptcp_addr_info *loc,
 			    const struct mptcp_addr_info *remote);
-int mptcp_subflow_create_socket(struct sock *sk, struct socket **new_sock);
+int mptcp_subflow_create_socket(struct sock *sk, unsigned short family,
+				struct socket **new_sock);
 void mptcp_info2sockaddr(const struct mptcp_addr_info *info,
 			 struct sockaddr_storage *addr,
 			 unsigned short family);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 9d3701fdb293..5220435d8e34 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ int __mptcp_subflow_connect(struct sock *sk, const struct mptcp_addr_info *loc,
 	if (!mptcp_is_fully_established(sk))
 		goto err_out;
 
-	err = mptcp_subflow_create_socket(sk, &sf);
+	err = mptcp_subflow_create_socket(sk, loc->family, &sf);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out;
 
@@ -1604,7 +1604,9 @@ static void mptcp_subflow_ops_undo_override(struct sock *ssk)
 #endif
 		ssk->sk_prot = &tcp_prot;
 }
-int mptcp_subflow_create_socket(struct sock *sk, struct socket **new_sock)
+
+int mptcp_subflow_create_socket(struct sock *sk, unsigned short family,
+				struct socket **new_sock)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
@@ -1617,8 +1619,7 @@ int mptcp_subflow_create_socket(struct sock *sk, struct socket **new_sock)
 	if (unlikely(!sk->sk_socket))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	err = sock_create_kern(net, sk->sk_family, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP,
-			       &sf);
+	err = sock_create_kern(net, family, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP, &sf);
 	if (err)
 		return err;