diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm.c b/net/mptcp/pm.c
index 8b68868255c5..b0b71adefb8f 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm.c
@@ -462,10 +462,10 @@ bool mptcp_pm_announced_alloc(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 
 	add_entry->addr = *addr;
 	add_entry->sock = msk;
-	add_entry->retrans_times = 0;
 
 	timer_setup(&add_entry->timer, mptcp_pm_add_addr_timer, 0);
 reset_timer:
+	add_entry->retrans_times = 0;
 	add_entry->timer_done = false;
 	timeout = mptcp_adjust_add_addr_timeout(msk);
 	if (timeout)