diff --git a/net/mptcp/options.c b/net/mptcp/options.c
index 2d25f319f328..51ca334678b4 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/options.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/options.c
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ static bool mptcp_established_options_dss(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(sk);
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(subflow->conn);
+	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	unsigned int dss_size = 0;
 	struct mptcp_ext *mpext;
 	unsigned int ack_size;
@@ -614,6 +615,12 @@ static bool mptcp_established_options_dss(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (dss_size == 0)
 		ack_size += TCPOLEN_MPTCP_DSS_BASE;
 
+	/* The caller is __tcp_transmit_skb(), and will compute the new rcv
+	 * wnd soon: ensure that the window can shrink.
+	 */
+	if (skb)
+		tp->rcv_wnd = tp->rcv_nxt - tp->rcv_wup;
+
 	dss_size += ack_size;
 
 	*size = ALIGN(dss_size, 4);