diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index d9fc3be9d2db..577d0134b9ec 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -1664,7 +1664,9 @@ struct sock *mptcp_subflow_get_send(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 
 static void mptcp_push_release(struct sock *ssk, struct mptcp_sendmsg_info *info)
 {
-	tcp_push(ssk, 0, info->mss_now, tcp_sk(ssk)->nonagle, info->size_goal);
+	if (info->mss_now)
+		tcp_push(ssk, 0, info->mss_now, tcp_sk(ssk)->nonagle,
+			 info->size_goal);
 	release_sock(ssk);
 }