if (sk_is_mptcp(newsk)) {
                struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
                struct sock *new_mptcp_sock;
-               struct sock *ssk = newsk;
 
                subflow = mptcp_subflow_ctx(newsk);
                new_mptcp_sock = subflow->conn;
 
                /* acquire the 2nd reference for the owning socket */
                sock_hold(new_mptcp_sock);
-
-               local_bh_disable();
-               bh_lock_sock(new_mptcp_sock);
-               msk = mptcp_sk(new_mptcp_sock);
-               msk->first = newsk;
-
                newsk = new_mptcp_sock;
-               mptcp_copy_inaddrs(newsk, ssk);
-               list_add(&subflow->node, &msk->conn_list);
-               sock_hold(ssk);
-
-               mptcp_rcv_space_init(msk, ssk);
-               bh_unlock_sock(new_mptcp_sock);
-
-               __MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEPASSIVEACK);
-               local_bh_enable();
+               MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEPASSIVEACK);
        } else {
                MPTCP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk),
                                MPTCP_MIB_MPCAPABLEPASSIVEFALLBACK);
        if (err == 0 && !mptcp_is_tcpsk(newsock->sk)) {
                struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(newsock->sk);
                struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
+               struct sock *newsk = newsock->sk;
+               bool slowpath;
+
+               slowpath = lock_sock_fast(newsk);
+               mptcp_copy_inaddrs(newsk, msk->first);
+               mptcp_rcv_space_init(msk, msk->first);
 
                /* set ssk->sk_socket of accept()ed flows to mptcp socket.
                 * This is needed so NOSPACE flag can be set from tcp stack.
                        if (!ssk->sk_socket)
                                mptcp_sock_graft(ssk, newsock);
                }
+               unlock_sock_fast(newsk, slowpath);
        }
 
        if (inet_csk_listen_poll(ssock->sk))
 
        return subflow->map_seq + mptcp_subflow_get_map_offset(subflow);
 }
 
+static inline void mptcp_add_pending_subflow(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
+                                            struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow)
+{
+       sock_hold(mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow));
+       spin_lock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
+       list_add_tail(&subflow->node, &msk->join_list);
+       spin_unlock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
+}
+
 int mptcp_is_enabled(struct net *net);
 unsigned int mptcp_get_add_addr_timeout(struct net *net);
 void mptcp_subflow_fully_established(struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow,
 
                         */
                        inet_sk_state_store((void *)new_msk, TCP_ESTABLISHED);
 
+                       /* link the newly created socket to the msk */
+                       mptcp_add_pending_subflow(mptcp_sk(new_msk), ctx);
+                       WRITE_ONCE(mptcp_sk(new_msk)->first, child);
+
                        /* new mpc subflow takes ownership of the newly
                         * created mptcp socket
                         */
        if (err && err != -EINPROGRESS)
                goto failed;
 
-       sock_hold(ssk);
-       spin_lock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
-       list_add_tail(&subflow->node, &msk->join_list);
-       spin_unlock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
-
+       mptcp_add_pending_subflow(msk, subflow);
        return err;
 
 failed: