diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm.c b/net/mptcp/pm.c
index 8a5dba7fe66e..4a6e5ab30d80 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm.c
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ static unsigned int mptcp_adjust_add_addr_timeout(struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 	struct mptcp_subflow_context *subflow;
 	unsigned int max = 0, max_stale = 0;
 
+	if (!rto)
+		return 0;
+
 	mptcp_for_each_subflow(msk, subflow) {
 		struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
 		struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(ssk);