/* RFC 8684 section 3.7. */
        if (subflow->send_mp_fail) {
                if (mptcp_has_another_subflow(ssk)) {
+                       ssk->sk_err = EBADMSG;
+                       tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
+                       subflow->reset_transient = 0;
+                       subflow->reset_reason = MPTCP_RST_EMIDDLEBOX;
+                       tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
                        while ((skb = skb_peek(&ssk->sk_receive_queue)))
                                sk_eat_skb(ssk, skb);
                }
-               ssk->sk_err = EBADMSG;
-               tcp_set_state(ssk, TCP_CLOSE);
-               subflow->reset_transient = 0;
-               subflow->reset_reason = MPTCP_RST_EMIDDLEBOX;
-               tcp_send_active_reset(ssk, GFP_ATOMIC);
                WRITE_ONCE(subflow->data_avail, MPTCP_SUBFLOW_NODATA);
                return true;
        }