diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 4546a8b09884..859df49e16dc 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -397,12 +397,26 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	/* old data, keep it simple and drop the whole pkt, sender
-	 * will retransmit as needed, if needed.
+	/* Completely old data? */
+	if (!after64(MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq, msk->ack_seq)) {
+		MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_DUPDATA);
+		mptcp_drop(sk, skb);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/* Partial packet: map_seq < ack_seq < end_seq.
+	 * Skip the already-acked bytes and enqueue the new data.
 	 */
-	MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_DUPDATA);
-	mptcp_drop(sk, skb);
-	return false;
+	copy_len = MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq - msk->ack_seq;
+	MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->offset += msk->ack_seq - MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq;
+	MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq += msk->ack_seq -
+				      MPTCP_SKB_CB(skb)->map_seq;
+	msk->bytes_received += copy_len;
+	WRITE_ONCE(msk->ack_seq, msk->ack_seq + copy_len);
+
+	skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
+	__skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
+	return true;
 }
 
 static void mptcp_stop_rtx_timer(struct sock *sk)