if (ret && ret != -EINPROGRESS && ret != -ERESTARTSYS && ret != -EINTR)
                        *copied_syn = 0;
        } else if (ret && ret != -EINPROGRESS) {
-               mptcp_disconnect(sk, 0);
+               /* The disconnect() op called by tcp_sendmsg_fastopen()/
+                * __inet_stream_connect() can fail, due to looking check,
+                * see mptcp_disconnect().
+                * Attempt it again outside the problematic scope.
+                */
+               if (!mptcp_disconnect(sk, 0))
+                       sk->sk_socket->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
        }
        inet_sk(sk)->defer_connect = 0;
 
 
        need_push = (flags & MPTCP_CF_PUSH) && __mptcp_retransmit_pending_data(sk);
        if (!dispose_it) {
-               tcp_disconnect(ssk, 0);
+               /* The MPTCP code never wait on the subflow sockets, TCP-level
+                * disconnect should never fail
+                */
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(tcp_disconnect(ssk, 0));
                msk->subflow->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;
                mptcp_subflow_ctx_reset(subflow);
                release_sock(ssk);
                        break;
                fallthrough;
        case TCP_SYN_SENT:
-               tcp_disconnect(ssk, O_NONBLOCK);
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(tcp_disconnect(ssk, O_NONBLOCK));
                break;
        default:
                if (__mptcp_check_fallback(mptcp_sk(sk))) {
 
        /* We are on the fastopen error path. We can't call straight into the
         * subflows cleanup code due to lock nesting (we are already under
-        * msk->firstsocket lock). Do nothing and leave the cleanup to the
-        * caller.
+        * msk->firstsocket lock).
         */
        if (msk->fastopening)
-               return 0;
+               return -EBUSY;
 
        mptcp_listen_inuse_dec(sk);
        inet_sk_state_store(sk, TCP_CLOSE);