diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index 8cbc1920afb4..0d3a95e676f1 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -408,19 +408,21 @@ int mptcp_pm_nl_subflow_create_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	local.flags = entry.flags;
 	local.ifindex = entry.ifindex;
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
+	msk->pm.extra_subflows++;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
+
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	err = __mptcp_subflow_connect(sk, &local, &addr_r);
 	release_sock(sk);
 
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
 		GENL_SET_ERR_MSG_FMT(info, "connect error: %d", err);
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
-	if (err)
+		spin_lock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 		mptcp_userspace_pm_delete_local_addr(msk, &entry);
-	else
-		msk->pm.extra_subflows++;
-	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
+		spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
+	}
 
  create_err:
 	sock_put(sk);