diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.c b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
index c59246c1fde6..a70267a74e3c 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.c
@@ -2409,7 +2409,6 @@ bool __mptcp_retransmit_pending_data(struct sock *sk)
 
 /* flags for __mptcp_close_ssk() */
 #define MPTCP_CF_PUSH		BIT(1)
-#define MPTCP_CF_FASTCLOSE	BIT(2)
 
 /* be sure to send a reset only if the caller asked for it, also
  * clean completely the subflow status when the subflow reaches
@@ -2420,7 +2419,7 @@ static void __mptcp_subflow_disconnect(struct sock *ssk,
 				       unsigned int flags)
 {
 	if (((1 << ssk->sk_state) & (TCPF_CLOSE | TCPF_LISTEN)) ||
-	    (flags & MPTCP_CF_FASTCLOSE)) {
+	    subflow->send_fastclose) {
 		/* The MPTCP code never wait on the subflow sockets, TCP-level
 		 * disconnect should never fail
 		 */
@@ -2467,14 +2466,8 @@ static void __mptcp_close_ssk(struct sock *sk, struct sock *ssk,
 
 	lock_sock_nested(ssk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
-	if ((flags & MPTCP_CF_FASTCLOSE) && !__mptcp_check_fallback(msk)) {
-		/* be sure to force the tcp_close path
-		 * to generate the egress reset
-		 */
-		ssk->sk_lingertime = 0;
-		sock_set_flag(ssk, SOCK_LINGER);
-		subflow->send_fastclose = 1;
-	}
+	if (subflow->send_fastclose && ssk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE)
+		tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
 
 	need_push = (flags & MPTCP_CF_PUSH) && __mptcp_retransmit_pending_data(sk);
 	if (!dispose_it) {
@@ -2779,9 +2772,26 @@ static void mptcp_do_fastclose(struct sock *sk)
 	struct mptcp_sock *msk = mptcp_sk(sk);
 
 	mptcp_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
-	mptcp_for_each_subflow_safe(msk, subflow, tmp)
-		__mptcp_close_ssk(sk, mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow),
-				  subflow, MPTCP_CF_FASTCLOSE);
+
+	/* Explicitly send the fastclose reset as need */
+	if (__mptcp_check_fallback(msk))
+		return;
+
+	mptcp_for_each_subflow_safe(msk, subflow, tmp) {
+		struct sock *ssk = mptcp_subflow_tcp_sock(subflow);
+
+		lock_sock(ssk);
+
+		/* Some subflow socket states don't allow/need a reset.*/
+		if ((1 << ssk->sk_state) & (TCPF_LISTEN | TCPF_CLOSE))
+			goto unlock;
+
+		subflow->send_fastclose = 1;
+		tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, ssk->sk_allocation,
+				      SK_RST_REASON_TCP_ABORT_ON_CLOSE);
+unlock:
+		release_sock(ssk);
+	}
 }
 
 static void mptcp_worker(struct work_struct *work)