diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index e1f08f71cdb1..be59651e708e 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ bool __mptcp_try_fallback(struct mptcp_sock *msk, int fb_mib)
 
 	msk->allow_subflows = false;
 	set_bit(MPTCP_FALLBACK_DONE, &msk->flags);
+	clear_bit(MPTCP_RTX_ENABLED, &msk->flags);
 	__MPTCP_INC_STATS(net, fb_mib);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->fallback_lock);
 	return true;
@@ -1084,13 +1085,14 @@ static bool mptcp_rtx_timer_pending(struct sock *sk)
 
 static void mptcp_reset_rtx_timer(struct sock *sk)
 {
+	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
 	unsigned long tout;
 
-	/* prevent rescheduling on close */
-	if (unlikely(inet_sk_state_load(sk) == TCP_CLOSE))
+	/* Prevent rescheduling on close and in case of fallback. */
+	if (!test_bit(MPTCP_RTX_ENABLED, &msk->flags))
 		return;
 
-	tout = mptcp_sk(sk)->timer_ival;
+	tout = msk->timer_ival;
 	sk_reset_timer(sk, &sk->mptcp_retransmit_timer, jiffies + tout);
 }
 
@@ -3323,6 +3325,9 @@ void mptcp_set_state(struct sock *sk, int state)
 		 * transition from TCP_SYN_RECV to TCP_CLOSE_WAIT.
 		 */
 		break;
+	case TCP_CLOSE:
+		clear_bit(MPTCP_RTX_ENABLED, &mptcp_sk(sk)->flags);
+		fallthrough;
 	default:
 		if (oldstate == TCP_ESTABLISHED || oldstate == TCP_CLOSE_WAIT)
 			MPTCP_DEC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_CURRESTAB);
@@ -4141,6 +4146,7 @@ static int mptcp_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr_unsized *uaddr,
 	if (IS_ERR(ssk))
 		return PTR_ERR(ssk);
 
+	set_bit(MPTCP_RTX_ENABLED, &msk->flags);
 	mptcp_set_state(sk, TCP_SYN_SENT);
 	subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(ssk);
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
@@ -4288,6 +4294,7 @@ static int mptcp_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
+	set_bit(MPTCP_RTX_ENABLED, &msk->flags);
 	mptcp_set_state(sk, TCP_LISTEN);
 	sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_RCU_FREE);
 
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 87ccb84e9927..2b4c27426477 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 #define MPTCP_WORK_RTX		1
 #define MPTCP_FALLBACK_DONE	2
 #define MPTCP_WORK_CLOSE_SUBFLOW 3
+#define MPTCP_RTX_ENABLED	4
 
 /* MPTCP socket release cb flags */
 #define MPTCP_PUSH_PENDING	1