return true;
 }
 
-static void __mptcp_flush_join_list(struct sock *sk)
+static void __mptcp_flush_join_list(struct sock *sk, struct list_head *join_list)
 {
        struct mptcp_subflow_context *tmp, *subflow;
        struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
 
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(subflow, tmp, &msk->join_list, node) {
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(subflow, tmp, join_list, node) {
                struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
                bool slow = lock_sock_fast(ssk);
 
        for (;;) {
                unsigned long flags = (msk->cb_flags & MPTCP_FLAGS_PROCESS_CTX_NEED) |
                                      msk->push_pending;
+               struct list_head join_list;
+
                if (!flags)
                        break;
 
+               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&join_list);
+               list_splice_init(&msk->join_list, &join_list);
+
                /* the following actions acquire the subflow socket lock
                 *
                 * 1) can't be invoked in atomic scope
                msk->push_pending = 0;
                msk->cb_flags &= ~flags;
                spin_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_lock.slock);
+
                if (flags & BIT(MPTCP_FLUSH_JOIN_LIST))
-                       __mptcp_flush_join_list(sk);
+                       __mptcp_flush_join_list(sk, &join_list);
                if (flags & BIT(MPTCP_PUSH_PENDING))
                        __mptcp_push_pending(sk, 0);
                if (flags & BIT(MPTCP_RETRANSMIT))