diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index 2d895c3c8746..2233baf03c3a 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -721,18 +721,44 @@ void mptcp_data_ready(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk)
 		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
 }
 
-void __mptcp_flush_join_list(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+static bool mptcp_do_flush_join_list(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
+	bool ret;
 
 	if (likely(list_empty(&msk->join_list)))
-		return;
+		return false;
 
+	ret = true;
 	spin_lock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(subflow, &msk->join_list, node)
 		mptcp_propagate_sndbuf((struct sock *)msk, mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow));
+
 	list_splice_tail_init(&msk->join_list, &msk->conn_list);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->join_list_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void __mptcp_flush_join_list(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+{
+	if (likely(!mptcp_do_flush_join_list(msk)))
+		return;
+
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(MPTCP_WORK_SYNC_SETSOCKOPT, &msk->flags))
+		mptcp_schedule_work((struct sock *)msk);
+}
+
+static void mptcp_flush_join_list(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+{
+	bool sync_needed = test_and_clear_bit(MPTCP_WORK_SYNC_SETSOCKOPT, &msk->flags);
+
+	might_sleep();
+
+	if (!mptcp_do_flush_join_list(msk) && !sync_needed)
+		return;
+
+	mptcp_sockopt_sync_all(msk);
 }
 
 static bool mptcp_timer_pending(struct sock *sk)
@@ -1445,7 +1471,7 @@ static void __mptcp_push_pending(struct sock *sk, unsigned int flags)
 			int ret = 0;
 
 			prev_ssk = ssk;
-			__mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
+			mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
 			ssk = mptcp_subflow_get_send(msk);
 
 			/* try to keep the subflow socket lock across
@@ -1871,7 +1897,7 @@ static bool __mptcp_move_skbs(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	unsigned int moved = 0;
 	bool ret, done;
 
-	__mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
+	mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
 	do {
 		struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_recv_lookup(msk);
 		bool slowpath;
@@ -2295,7 +2321,7 @@ static void mptcp_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		goto unlock;
 
 	mptcp_check_data_fin_ack(sk);
-	__mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
+	mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
 
 	mptcp_check_fastclose(msk);
 
@@ -2499,7 +2525,7 @@ static void __mptcp_check_send_data_fin(struct sock *sk)
 		}
 	}
 
-	__mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
+	mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
 	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
 		struct sock *tcp_sk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 
@@ -2636,7 +2662,8 @@ static int mptcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
 
-	__mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
+	mptcp_do_flush_join_list(msk);
+
 	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
 		struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 
@@ -3204,7 +3231,7 @@ static int mptcp_stream_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock,
 		/* set ssk->sk_socket of accept()ed flows to mptcp socket.
 		 * This is needed so NOSPACE flag can be set from tcp stack.
 		 */
-		__mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
+		mptcp_flush_join_list(msk);
 		mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
 			struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 
diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index d9a489c73029..55fe05a40216 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 #define MPTCP_CLEAN_UNA		7
 #define MPTCP_ERROR_REPORT	8
 #define MPTCP_RETRANSMIT	9
+#define MPTCP_WORK_SYNC_SETSOCKOPT 10
 
 static inline bool before64(__u64 seq1, __u64 seq2)
 {
@@ -747,6 +748,12 @@ unsigned int mptcp_pm_get_add_addr_accept_max(struct mptcp_sock *msk);
 unsigned int mptcp_pm_get_subflows_max(struct mptcp_sock *msk);
 unsigned int mptcp_pm_get_local_addr_max(struct mptcp_sock *msk);
 
+int mptcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
+		     sockptr_t optval, unsigned int optlen);
+
+void mptcp_sockopt_sync(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk);
+void mptcp_sockopt_sync_all(struct mptcp_sock *msk);
+
 static inline struct mptcp_ext *mptcp_get_ext(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	return (struct mptcp_ext *)skb_ext_find(skb, SKB_EXT_MPTCP);
diff --git a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
index fb98fab252df..4fdc0ad6acf7 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
@@ -350,3 +350,22 @@ int mptcp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+void mptcp_sockopt_sync(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)
+{
+	msk_owned_by_me(msk);
+}
+
+void mptcp_sockopt_sync_all(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
+{
+	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
+
+	msk_owned_by_me(msk);
+
+	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
+		struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
+
+		mptcp_sockopt_sync(msk, ssk);
+
+		cond_resched();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index d79a99c2bfc4..fc7107f8d81b 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@ int __mptcp_subflow_connect(struct sock *sk, const struct mptcp_addr_info *loc,
 	mptcp_info2sockaddr(remote, &addr, ssk->sk_family);
 
 	mptcp_add_pending_subflow(msk, subflow);
+	mptcp_sockopt_sync(msk, ssk);
 	err = kernel_connect(sf, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, addrlen, O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (err && err != -EINPROGRESS)
 		goto failed_unlink;
